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See also: moon rat
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Echinosorex_gymnura_Harvard.jpg/220px-Echinosorex_gymnura_Harvard.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From moon + rat, a calque of Malay tikus balan (tikus (“rat”) + bulan (“moon”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]moonrat (plural moonrats)
- A gymnure, especially the greater gymnure, Echinosorex gymnura.
- 1997, Andrew Grieser Johns, Timber Production and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Rain Forests[1], page 87:
- Incidental observations on moonrats Echinosorex gymnurus in Malaysia suggests that this species is uncommon everywhere but does occur in low numbers in logged(1-12:51) forest in peninsular Malaysia (Johns 1989a).
- 2004, Fred Cooke, The Encyclopedia of Animals: A Complete Visual Guide[2], page 86:
- The smell of rotting onions, stale sweat, or ammonia may indicate the presence of a moonrat, which produces a strong scent from two glands near the anus. The animal uses this powerful odor to mark its territory. A solitary creature, the moonrat will emit hiss-puffs and low roars if it encounters another member of its species.
- 2005, E. Meijaard, editor, Life After Logging[3], page 82:
- Moonrats are a lowland forest species which feed primarily on worms and arthropods.
Translations
[edit]gymnure — see gymnure
Echinosorex gymnura
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