Kangaroo Hare (Noun)
Meaning
Small Australian wallaby that resembles a hare and has persistent teeth.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The eastern grey kangaroo-hare, found in parts of eastern Australia, was characterized by its slender limbs and brown coat.
- Biologists documented that kangaroo-hares gave birth to a relatively underdeveloped young compared to other wallabies.
- Australian naturalists spotted the first western grey kangaroo-hare specimen in 1908.
- Several Australian animals like the western grey kangaroo-hare and other macropods started going extinct.
- Extinction followed in 1936 when the last recorded sighting of a western grey kangaroo-hare took place in South Australia.