bastard big-footed mouse
English edit
Etymology edit
From the taxonomic name, from the surname of the person who discovered it.[1]
Noun edit
bastard big-footed mouse (plural bastard big-footed mice)
- (rare) Macrotarsomys bastardi, a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae, found only in Madagascar.
References edit
- ^ Alphonse Milne-Edwards & Guillaume Grandidier,D'une espèce nouvelle de Muridé Provenant de Madagascar,Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Issue 4, page 179, '