Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Australian rodent of the genus Hapalotis, as H. albipes.
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Examples
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Both shelter species which have disappeared from the adjacent mainland, such as the brush-tailed rabbit-rat (Conilurus penicillatus), with the Wellesley Islands the only occurrence of this species in Queensland.
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A small rat was caught this morning amongst our flour bags; it had no white tip at the tail, nor is the tail so bushy as that of the rabbit-rat: probably it was a young animal.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
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We tried to obtain opossums, during the clear moonlight night, but only caught the common rabbit-rat.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
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Among the native species expected to reach the brink of extinction in the coming decade are the northern brown bandicoot, the northern quoll and the brush-tailed rabbit-rat.
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