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スミスネズミ

Meanings

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noun

Smith's red-backed vole; Smith's vole

A species of vole (Eothenomys smithii) found in Japan. Used in biological and zoological contexts.

スミスネズミは日本にほんの固こ有ゆう種しゅです。
Smith's red-backed vole is a species endemic to Japan.
この地ち域いきではスミスネズミの生せい息そくが確かく認にんされている。
The presence of Smith's vole has been confirmed in this area.

Written forms

スミス・ネズミ
- スミスネズミ
  Variant with interpunct; less common but still used in some contexts.
- スミス・ネズミ

Etymology

Named after the British zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe, though the exact derivation of the Japanese name is uncertain. The katakana rendering reflects the English name.