Bennett's wallaby

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English

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Etymology

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From the name of Edward Turner Bennett (1797–1836), English zoologist.

Noun

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Bennett's wallaby (plural Bennett's wallabies)

  1. A subspecies of red-necked wallaby, Notamacropus rufogriseus rufogriseus, native to Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands. [from 19th c.]
    • 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 22:
      All winter he has been looking for the track, living in caves [] ; for food he has had nothing but Bennett's wallaby, the odd pademelon.