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Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Suborder: Sciurognathi. Family: Sciuridae (squirrels) Subfamily: Sciurinae. Genus: Sciurus. Red squirrel, S. vulgaris LC [1] Family: Gliridae (dormice ...
Pages in category "Lists of mammals of Portugal" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In Portuguese, a peccary is called pecari, porco-do-mato, queixada, tajaçu, among other names like Cateto or Caititu. In Spanish, it is called javelina, jabalí (a word also used to describe wild boar), sajino, or pecarí. The word javelina derives from the Spanish word for "wild boar". [7] In French Guiana and Suriname, the animal is called ...
The word tamandua comes from Portuguese, which itself borrowed it from the Tupí tamanduá, meaning "ant hunter". [5] In Portuguese, tamanduá is used to refer to all anteaters; in Spanish, only the two species in the genus Tamandua are known by this name, with the giant anteater and silky anteater being called oso hormiguero and cíclope ...
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The present Portuguese word dodô ("dodo") is of English origin. The Portuguese word doudo or doido may itself be a loanword from Old English (cp. English "dolt") [34] Embarrass from Portuguese embaraçar (same meaning; also to tangle – string or rope), from em + baraço (archaic for "rope") [35] Emu from ema (= "rhea") [36]
This is a list of indigenous mammals of the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira in the North Atlantic ocean. Besides the mammals on the islands, the coastal waters are host to at least nine species of dolphins and ten species of migrating cetaceans. These are protected in the 430,000 km 2 Madeiran Marine Mammal Sanctuary. [1]
The Portuguese word for ' armadillo ' is tatu which is derived from the Tupi language [6] ta' ' bark, armor ' and tu ' dense '; [7] and used in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay; similar names are also found in other, especially European, languages. Other various vernacular names given are: