parascalops

Thân thiện

A parascalops digs a tunnel in the soft soil of a garden.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A genus of mammals in the family Talpidae, containing the single species known as the hairy-tailed mole or Brewer's mole: "Parascalops" is the scientific genus name for a specific type of North American mole characterized by a hairy tail.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The genus Parascalops is monotypic, meaning it contains only one species.
  • Parascalops breweri, the hairy-tailed mole, is found in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada.

Advanced Usage

• In taxonomic or biological contexts: The word is used almost exclusively in scientific writing to refer to this specific genus.
  • The phylogenetic study placed Parascalops as a sister group to the genus Scalopus.

Variants and Related Words

• Parascalops breweri (n): The full binomial name for the hairy-tailed mole, the sole species within the genus.
• Brewer's mole (n): A common name for .
• Hairy-tailed mole (n): A descriptive common name for the same animal.

Synonyms

• Brewer's mole: The most direct common name synonym.
• Hairy-tailed mole: A descriptive synonym referring to the same species.

Học thuật

Noun

1. brewer's moles

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Parascalops
• genus Parascalops