Count Branicki's mouse

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Count Branicki's mouse

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Named for Hieronim Florian Radziwill Konstanty, Count Branicki, a Polish nobleman. The species is not a mouse, but is in the order Rodentia. The genus name Dinomys comes from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse”).

noun Count Branicki's mice

The pacarana, Dinomys branickii.

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@misc{count_branicki_s_mouse_2026,
  title = {Count Branicki's mouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/count%20branicki's%20mouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}