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Definition of Genus dolichotis

1. Noun. Maras.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Dolichotis

Literary usage of Genus dolichotis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus dolichotis comprises the Patagonian Cavy, weighing about twenty pounds, and resembling a hare. The Genus Chinchilla — Chinchillas — and closely ..."

2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"The genus Dolichotis l has long ears, and generally resembles a rather long-legged Hare in appearance. ..."

3. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"... again, from the Pleistocene of Argentina, presents characters connecting it with Cavia and the following genus. Dolichotis (or ..."

4. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"The genus dolichotis comprises the Patagonian Cavy, weighing about twenty pounds, and resembling a hare. The Genus Chinchilla — Chinchillas — and closely ..."

5. A Natural History of the Mammalia by George Robert Waterhouse (1848)
"... the Cavies approach the Hares in many particulars, most of which are more strongly marked in the Patagonian Cavy. genus dolichotis. Dolichotis. ..."

6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"The genus dolichotis (Desm.) is characterized by long limbs; ears half as long as the head, pointed, broad at the base; tail very short, and curved upward; ..."

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