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prettygoodwordTheme week! -- unusually named marsupials, starting with the:
quenda (KWEN-duh) - n., a short-nosed bandicoot of southwestern Australia (Isoodon fusciventer).
Also called the western brown bandicoot, and until very recently considered a subspecies of the southern brown bandicoot but now recognized as a species in its own right. Such a fun name to say. The name is from a Noongar/Nyungar language of the extreme southwester corner of Australia, reportedly originally closer to gwernda.
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---L.
quenda (KWEN-duh) - n., a short-nosed bandicoot of southwestern Australia (Isoodon fusciventer).
Also called the western brown bandicoot, and until very recently considered a subspecies of the southern brown bandicoot but now recognized as a species in its own right. Such a fun name to say. The name is from a Noongar/Nyungar language of the extreme southwester corner of Australia, reportedly originally closer to gwernda.
Thanks, WikiMedia!
---L.
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