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Planigale

Planigale

See also: planigale

Translingual

Planigale maculata

Proper noun

Planigale f

A taxonomic genus within the family Dasyuridae – the planigales.

Hyponyms

(genus): Planigale ingrami (long-tailed planigale) - type species; Planigale gilesi (paucident planigale), Planigale maculata (common planigale), Planigale novaeguineae (New Guinean planigale), Planigale tenuirostris (narrow-nosed planigale) (other species)

planigale

planigale

See also: Planigale

English

A narrow-nosed planigale

Noun

planigale ‎(plural planigales)

Any species of the genus Planigale of small insectivorous marsupials endemic to Australia and New Guinea.
- 2006, Michael Allaby, Tropical Forests, page 156,
  The kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei) might pass for a kangaroo rat, except for being about half the size, and the pygmy planigale (Planigale maculata) looks very much like a house mouse (Mus musculus), but smaller.
- 2008, Mark Carwardine, Animal Records, page 79,
  The two main contenders^{[for smallest marsupial]} are the rare long-tailed planigale (Planigale ingrami), a flat-skulled shrew-like creature found in northern Australia, and the rather similar pilbara ningaui (Ningaui timealeyi) from northwestern Australia.
- 2013, Astrid Judge, Plant and Animal Conservation, page 12,
  Dunnarts in turn compete with smaller native mammals, such as ningauis and planigales.

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