[LINK] Atlas of Living Australia

[Ash Nallawalla]

> From: Steven Clark
> 
> On 09/04/11 07:05, Richard Chirgwin wrote:

> > antechinus invasions.

> that may also be a consequence of language: some languages (or perhaps
> dialects?) have only one word for 'small furry mouse-like mammal', so any
> translation will always end up with the equivalent of 'mouse' - with all
the
> connotations that go with it.
> 
> > What I didn't know until I looked here was that there isn't one, but
> > four, local species of antechinus. So when I do my regular

Until today I had never heard of antechinus and wouldn't know how to
pronounce it without looking it up. If I have seen one in a zoo, its name
would have not registered in my mind along with numerous other creatures
that don't have a familiar name in English or Aboriginal dialects. A few
marsupials could be easily be mistaken for creatures found elsewhere.