Macropodida
Red kangaroo – Macropus rufus
Marsupials
• Common brush tail possum – Trichosurus vulpecula
The New Latin genus name combines the Greek word trichosis (“growth of hair“) with the Greek word thrix (“hair“), and the Latin suffix –urus (“tail“). Therefore, Trichosurus literally means “having a hairy tail” or “furry tail,” referencing the animal’s characteristic bushy tail.
Vulpecula, Latin for “little fox“
Mephitidae/Mephitine
• Skunk
Muridae
Mice – Murine
Rat – Glirine
Orycteropus is a genus of mammals that includes the aardvark, with the name meaning “digging foot” in Greek, a reference to its powerful digging claws. The term comes from the Greek words orykter (miner) and pous (foot)
In Latin, Afer or Afer referred to an inhabitant of Africa or the continent itself, while “afer” is also an older spelling of the English word “afar” (“far away“)
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