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アマミノクロウサギ (あまみのくろうさぎ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

アマミノクロウサギ

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Meanings

1

Amami rabbit; Ryukyu rabbit

usually written using kana alone

A primitive, dark-furred rabbit endemic to Amami Ōshima and Tokunoshima in the Ryukyu Islands. Scientific name: Pentalagus furnessi.

アマミノクロウサギは奄あま美み大おお島しまだけに生せい息そくする固

こ

有ゆう

種しゅ

です

。

The Amami rabbit is an endemic species that lives only on Amami Ōshima.

夜や行こう性せいのアマミノクロウサギを観かん察さつするツアーがある。

There are tours to observe the nocturnal Amami rabbit.

Kanji

奄cover, suffocate, obstruct
美beauty, beautiful
黒black
兎rabbit, hare

Written forms

アマミノクロウサギ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this animal name; usually written in kana.
奄あま美みの黒くろ兎うさぎ
Kanji spelling is rare and mainly found in older or formal biological texts.

Etymology

The name literally means 'Amami's black rabbit' (奄美の黒兎). The species was first described by Oldfield Thomas in 1900 and is considered a living fossil.