| 单词 | agouti |
| 例句 | Our golden agouti and spotted paca got along very well, contentedly huddling together and sleeping against each other until the first was stolen. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, our golden agouti vanished, stolen by someone who ate it, Father suspected. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The golden agouti, like the rhinoceros, was in need of companionship. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They’ve recorded a clever form of weasel called a tayra and lots of crazy rodents like the agouti and the mountain paca. T Magazine: Send in the Clouds 2011-11-18T13:08:53Z Murray also included the rodent, the agouti; the South American howling monkey, the alouatte; and the Philippine textile, abaca. Former OED editor covertly deleted thousand of words, book claims 2012-11-26T20:17:22Z That meant agouti, lowland paca, capybara, two kinds of wild boar and my old friend, the armadillo. Armadillo to Açaí: Flavors of a World Cup Journey 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z There are lots of parrots, lizards, hummingbirds and agoutis to enjoy too. 10 great botanical gardens around the world: readers’ tips 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z There is a bunch of wildlife, very large marmot-like rodents called agoutis that you don’t get to see anywhere else. In Transit Blog: Q&A: A Young Sailor's Guide to the Islands 2011-11-07T22:23:49Z But even the best-sniffing rodent, the Central American agouti, had fewer olfactory genes than three other species. What Makes a Mammal? 423,000 Newly Identified DNA Regions Guide Our Genes 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The nine-banded armadillo and Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth followed, while the Central American agouti came in fourth. What Can You Do With a Menagerie of Mammal Genomes? 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z They started killing the agouti, and not for food. The dog is one of the world’s most destructive mammals. Brazil proves it. 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z There are sloths and monkeys in the branches, while coatis and agoutis scamper in the undergrowth. Head in the clouds: the woman scaling fresh climate change heights 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z He and biologist Roland Kays, now at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, wanted to follow jungle creatures such as jaguars, agoutis and sloths as they moved through the thick forest. The man behind the internet of animals 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Monkeys, agoutis, armadillos and sloths dove from the forest into the water. They owned an island, now they are urban poor: the tragedy of Altamira 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z The agouti “turns out to have one of the best olfactory repertoires of any mammal, for totally unknown reasons,” Dr. Karlsson said. What Can You Do With a Menagerie of Mammal Genomes? 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z They’ve recently added some mongoose and a pair of agouti, which are in the rodent family and look like tiny capybaras. Potawatomi Zoo to let visitors get closer to the animals 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Researchers found that large rodents - such as agoutis - quickly ate the nuts, rather than caching them, when supplies were scarce. Amazon: 1% of tree species store 50% of region's carbon - BBC News 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Deer, agoutis, magpie-jays, wasps, and monkeys frequent the bowls of water in front of their hut. Climate Change vs. Conservation 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Often, however, jaguars survive on smaller prey — agoutis, armadillos, paca, coati mundi, small ground-dwelling birds and even sometimes snakes and iguana. After protecting habitat for jaguars, expert believes the species can adapt and survive 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z In Ivory Coast's commercial hub Abidjan, signs at the Yopougon bushmeat market still offer rats, porcupine, agouti, squirrels, pangolin and bats "stewed or braised". Beware of bats: Guinea issues bushmeat warning after Ebola outbreak 2014-03-27T15:01:25Z One of the seeds passed through the paws of 36 agoutis - half-metre-long rodents common in the forests of Central and South America. Rodent thieves 'forest saviours' 2012-07-17T07:38:45Z Although an agouti cannot devour large tropical fruits the way an ancient mammoth might have, it consumes the seeds, collecting and burying some to store as snacks for later. Cache Crop: Rodents May Have Replaced Extinct Megafauna as Seed Dispersers [VIDEO] 2012-07-16T22:45:00.207Z Still, it was unclear whether the agoutis were distributing the seeds widely enough to keep the trees flourishing. Robbing Rodents Save Tropical Plant 2012-07-16T20:45:27Z The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z He gnaws pieces of wood in two with his sharp teeth, so sharp that the teeth of a similar animal, the agouti, form the only cutting-tool which some rude nations possess. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Camera-traps were also deployed to study the burial of seeds and their subsequent theft by rival agoutis, with other species such as spiny rats occasionally getting in on the act. Rodent thieves 'forest saviours' 2012-07-17T07:38:45Z The thieving rodents would steal and cache repeatedly, carrying the prized seed ever farther from its original location to evade other interested agoutis. Cache Crop: Rodents May Have Replaced Extinct Megafauna as Seed Dispersers [VIDEO] 2012-07-16T22:45:00.207Z General preparations are being made for rest; only the slender deer, the peccari, the timid agouti, and the tapir, will still graze. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z Outdoors he had deposited the coarser game intended for the mess, consisting, today, of a small deer, a tinamou or maam and two agoutis. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z And what looked like a crow was giving bitter and ruthless chase to a young agouti, in and out of the bare feet of the company. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z But after repeated burials and disinterments - usually by different agoutis - it ended up an average of 68m distant. Rodent thieves 'forest saviours' 2012-07-17T07:38:45Z For example, one seed tracked was cached by agoutis more than 30 times, journeying 280 meters from its starting point and more than 750 meters total. Cache Crop: Rodents May Have Replaced Extinct Megafauna as Seed Dispersers [VIDEO] 2012-07-16T22:45:00.207Z Mineral licks in Yasuní are visited regularly by a bunch of terrestrial mammals — tapirs, deer, peccaries, agoutis — as well as a menagerie of birds. Scientist at Work: Titi Monkeys and White-Lipped Peccaries 2011-01-24T18:35:05Z As hinting of the presence of wild animals, a bunch of rufous hairs had in some way been tweaked from a passing agouti. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z That year, they conducted an elegant experiment on mice with a uniquely regulated agouti gene — a gene that gives mice yellow coats and a propensity for obesity and diabetes when expressed continuously. 2010-01-08T21:15:00Z Two years ago, researchers in Brazil found that agoutis cached more nuts in times of plenty. Rodent thieves 'forest saviours' 2012-07-17T07:38:45Z Ultimately, most seeds were consumed by agoutis—or by the occasional land crab, squirrel or spiny rat. Cache Crop: Rodents May Have Replaced Extinct Megafauna as Seed Dispersers [VIDEO] 2012-07-16T22:45:00.207Z Several pigs, agoutis, kangaroos, and other rodents were seen, also two or three kaolas, at which Pencroft longed to have a shot. Abandoned Those of Brazil and of Pennsylvania present us with animals whose nearest analogues are to be found in North and South America, such as sloths, armadillos and agoutis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Another group of genetically identical pregnant agouti mice got no such prenatal nutrition. 2010-01-08T21:15:00Z Thus the flesh of the agouti is forbidden, lest the child should be lean, and that of the capibara or water-cavy, for fear he should inherit through his father’s gluttony that creature’s projecting teeth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" By that point, the scientists believe the agoutis will move on to fresher food, allowing these survivor seeds time to grow into seedlings. Cache Crop: Rodents May Have Replaced Extinct Megafauna as Seed Dispersers [VIDEO] 2012-07-16T22:45:00.207Z The typical genus Tragulus, which is Asiatic, contains the smallest representatives of the family, the animals having more of the general aspects and habits of some rodents, such as the agoutis, than of other ruminants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" But in other cases the cross between albino and agouti gave a different result. Mendelism Third Edition The B vitamins acted as methyl donors: they caused methyl groups to attach more frequently to the agouti gene in utero, thereby altering its expression. 2010-01-08T21:15:00Z As the mouse and the rat attack the gathered fruits of the earth, the agouti preys on those yet standing in the field. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests The rodent in question is the agouti—a house cat–size critter that resembles a leggy, tailless squirrel. Cache Crop: Rodents May Have Replaced Extinct Megafauna as Seed Dispersers [VIDEO] 2012-07-16T22:45:00.207Z Degas can speak English, and knows the use of my 28-gauge double barrel well enough to bring us a constant supply of delicious bushmeat—peccary, deer, monkey, bush turkeys and agoutis. Edge of the Jungle In the F1 generation appeared only agoutis as before, but the F2 generation consisted of three distinct types, viz. agoutis, albinos, and blacks. Mendelism Third Edition The agouti, or Indian cony, or rabbit, frequents the same region as the paca, and is about the size of an ordinary hare. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America There were deep, black pools in the unbroken shade; stealthy deer, tapirs, peccaries, and agoutis moved like shadows among the columnar trunks. The Black Phantom Traditionally, the agouti has been described as a seed predator. Cache Crop: Rodents May Have Replaced Extinct Megafauna as Seed Dispersers [VIDEO] 2012-07-16T22:45:00.207Z During the rains I have occasionally found tracks of agoutis and deer in these roads. Edge of the Jungle Agouti was previously known to be a simple dominant to black, i.e. an agouti is a black rabbit plus an additional greying factor which modifies the black into agouti. Mendelism Third Edition Bates describes a tame cutea, or an agouti, which he found feeding in the neighbourhood of a village, nibbling the fallen fruits of the inaja-palm. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Such particularly was the fate of the agoutis, which had either forgotten the experience of past seasons or had failed to inherit the cunning of the other wild folk. The Black Phantom Studies monitoring their caches suggest that it doesn't take long for an agouti to come and collect. Cache Crop: Rodents May Have Replaced Extinct Megafauna as Seed Dispersers [VIDEO] 2012-07-16T22:45:00.207Z When angry, the agouti stamps with the fore-feet, grunts like a young pig, and erects the bristly hair upon its crupper after the manner of porcupines. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Three squares contain C but not G. Such animals must be coloured, but as they do not contain the modifying agouti factor their colour will be black. Mendelism Third Edition The paca and agouti belong to the peculiar family of the rodent order confined to South America, and which connects the Rodentia to the Pachydermata—the order to which the elephant, horse, and hog belong. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America In contrast to the actions of the agoutis and armadillos was the behavior of the ocelots. The Black Phantom The research group studied agouti caching on a Panamanian island, Barro Colorado, where they marked 16 agoutis for individual identification and set up video cameras to monitor activity at cache sites. Cache Crop: Rodents May Have Replaced Extinct Megafauna as Seed Dispersers [VIDEO] 2012-07-16T22:45:00.207Z The agoutis are about the size of the common hare, and run almost as swiftly. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys The F2 generation really consists of the four classes agoutis, blacks, albino agoutis, and albino blacks in the ratio 9 : 3 : 3 : 1. Mendelism Third Edition The larger agouti, or mara, is sometimes classed between the agoutis and the pacas. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America A frightened agouti scampered across her path and stopped, frozen with fear, and a green ribbon-like snake drooping in festoons from a low-growing branch hastily drew up its coils as the big cat passed below. The Black Phantom More than half of the seeds cached were then stolen by another agouti and re-cached elsewhere. Cache Crop: Rodents May Have Replaced Extinct Megafauna as Seed Dispersers [VIDEO] 2012-07-16T22:45:00.207Z There are many species of agouti throughout tropical America and the West India Islands, and the range of the genus extends as far south as the plains of Patagonia. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys It may be mentioned here that other experiments confirmed the view that the yellow rabbit is a dilute agouti, and the tortoiseshell a dilute black. Mendelism Third Edition The larger agouti, mara, or Patagonian cony—twice the size of a hare—are seen three or four together, hopping quickly one after the other in a straight line across the Pampas. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America So, with a second deep rumble of chagrin the mighty cat skirted the outside of the cane-brake and was compelled to satisfy her hunger on a couple of agoutis. The Black Phantom A thought flashed across the mind of Godfrey, and it was correct: it was that these hens, agouties, goats, and sheep had belonged to the Dream. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery They dwell in small troops or families, of six or seven individuals each, and their food is furnished by the pacas, agoutis, and other small rodent animals of tropical America. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Such also is the case in the rat, where the black and albino varieties and the various pattern forms are also recessive to the wild agouti type. Mendelism Third Edition It has only three toes behind, like the agouti. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America That very night, as he lay moaning in the grass, a foolish agouti hopped up to him inquisitively and paid with its life for the indiscretion. The Black Phantom Quite a stock of live animals, agouties, sheep, goats, poultry, &c., were stowed between decks, the material wants of the travellers were likewise provided for by numerous cases of preserved meats of the best brands. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery They are easily tamed; and when crossed with other breeds, a variety is produced which is esteemed by the natives as the very best kind for the hunting of the agoutis, cavies, and capibaras. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Out of the 16 squares 9 contain both C and G in addition to B. Such animals must be agoutis. Mendelism Third Edition About two feet from the mouth-end he fastened a couple of the teeth of the agouti to serve as sights. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Having made a good breakfast on the agouti, we once more embarked, and glided down the stream. On the Banks of the Amazon Frequently there had to be sacrificed some of the sheep or goats or agouties, whose numbers had but slightly increased since their arrival in the island. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery The agouti of South America is the representative of the Dasyproctidæ. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon And since it does not contain G the appearance of agoutis among its offspring must be attributed to the presence of G in the albino. Mendelism Third Edition Pacas and agoutis are most abundant in the lowlands, and are nocturnal. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America It proved to be an agouti, also a rodent. On the Banks of the Amazon There were a dozen agouties, five or six sheep, and as many goats, who were quietly browsing on the first vegetation on the very edge of the prairie. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery The other enemies of the cacao are the agouti, stag, squirrel, monkey, &c. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. We have already seen that in certain cases the cross between a black mouse or rabbit and an albino, each belonging to true breeding strains, might produce nothing but agoutis. Mendelism Third Edition An agouti was so bad- tempered that he had to be kept solitary; but three monkeys, big, middle-sized, and little, and a young peccary formed a happy family. Through the Brazilian Wilderness I then inquired where he had met with the agouti. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island How he envied the poultry, the agouties, and the sheep, who cheerfully quenched their thirst without the addition of such saccharine or alcoholic mixtures to their water from the stream! Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery I shall then have tame goats; I will also have Guinea-pigs, agoutis, and coatis. The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Expressed in Mendelian terms, the production of the agouti was the necessary consequence of the meeting of the factors C and G in the same zygote. Mendelism Third Edition Kermit hunted industriously and brought in an occasional armadillo, coati, or agouti for the naturalists. Through the Brazilian Wilderness We met with plains of potatoes and of manioc, amongst the stalks of which were sporting tribes of agoutis; but we were not tempted by such game. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island They eyed, the professor especially, the sheep, agouties, and fowls which went and came round Will Tree. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery Armed with a stick, he had chased the agoutis; for want of agoutis, he had eaten rats. The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe The proportion in which the four coloured types appeared in F2 was very nearly 9 agoutis, 3 blacks, 3 yellows, and 1 tortoiseshell. Mendelism Third Edition In the landscape of Patagonia, the guanaco replaces the gazelle, and the agouti the hare. The Voyage of the Beagle "And how many millions of subjects does Prince Jack reckon in the kingdom of his august father?" said I. Prince Jack declared he had not yet counted the parrots, kangaroos, agoutis, and monkeys. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island He kept on ahead, then, lost in thought, followed by Tartlet, who by his shouts and gestures, kept together the flock of sheep, agouties, goats, and poultry. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery Surrounded with fishes of all colors, with feathered and other game, must he then be reduced to dispute with the agoutis, their maripa-nuts? The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Each lacks two of the factors upon the full complement of which the agouti colour depends. Mendelism Third Edition It cannot, like the agouti, subsist on the gravelly and desert plains of Patagonia, but prefers a clayey or sandy soil, which produces a different and more abundant vegetation. The Voyage of the Beagle Sometimes they brought a kangaroo, sometimes an agouti, the flesh of which resembles that of a rabbit, but is richer; sometimes they brought wild ducks, pigeons, and even partridges. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island "Not to mention an agouti ham, a leg of mutton, a quarter of goat, some of the game on the prairie, without counting two or three freshwater fish and a sea fish or so." Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery She is now fond of the flesh of the goat, of that of the coatis and agoutis, for monkeys easily become carnivorous; but the table is also sometimes covered with the products of her hunting. The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Such, for example, is the case in the rabbit, where most of the colour varieties are recessive to the wild agouti form. Mendelism Third Edition Bad as the country was, ostriches, deer, agoutis, and armadilloes, were abundant. The Voyage of the Beagle In habits agoutis are nocturnal, dwelling in forests, where they conceal themselves during the day in hollow tree-trunks, or in burrows among roots. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Then they rested from their fatigue beside the table, on which there smoked the stewed agouti, which they pronounced most excellent. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery To chase the agoutis had ceased to be an object worthy of his efforts; the kids took their turn, afterwards the goats. The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Yellow in the mouse is dominant to agouti, but hitherto a homozygous yellow has never been met with. Mendelism Third Edition The agouti is a little animal resembling a rabbit. Little Journey to Puerto Rico For Intermediate and Upper Grades One was the agouti, looking like a large rat and inhabiting the forests; another the coati, similar to the squirrel and easily domesticated. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future It was only the goats and sheep and agouties. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery Neb had prepared some agouti soup, a spiced ham, and the boiled corms of the “caladium macrorhizum,” an herbaceous plant of the arad family, which under the tropics takes a tree form. The Mysterious Island The yellows from families where only yellows and agoutis occur produce, when bred together, yellows and agoutis in the ratio 2 : 1. Mendelism Third Edition The meat for our dinner consists of fish, and the flesh of the armadillo, the agouti and the iguana. Little Journey to Puerto Rico For Intermediate and Upper Grades The agouti, the armadillo, and the opossum, are sometimes, though rarely, seen. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale There were small agoutis or wild pigs, monkeys, birds of various kinds,—including huge macaws and numerous snakes. The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic They were a sort of agouti, a little larger than their tropical congeners, true American hares, with long ears and five molar teeth on either side. The Mysterious Island If it were an ordinary Mendelian case the ratio should be 3 : 1, and one out of every three yellows so bred should be homozygous and give only yellows when crossed with agouti. Mendelism Third Edition The largest native animals we find to be the armadillo, the agouti, and the iguana. Little Journey to Puerto Rico For Intermediate and Upper Grades Another enigma which led Schmerling astray in some of his geological speculations was the supposed presence of the agouti, a South American rodent, "proper to the torrid zone." The Antiquity of Man You see, I thought as the dogs seem to like good things, they might take a fancy to that as well as to the agouti.' Swiss Family Robinson Then the fire was lighted, and Neb and Pencroff, on whom devolved the cooking, in their respective characters of negro and sailor, skilfully broiled the agouti, to which the hungry explorers did great honor. The Mysterious Island But Cu�not and others have shown that all of the yellows are heterozygous, and when crossed with agoutis give both yellows and agoutis. Mendelism Third Edition If, however, the forests of Iquitos failed him with their wild beasts, agoutis, peccaries, and cabiais, the birds flew in flocks from the banks of the river and fearlessly perched on the jangada. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Game of all sorts in consequence abounded at the Chimneys, capybaras, pigeons, agouties, grouse, etc. The Mysterious Island But, Ernest, the agouti not only looks something like a pig, but most decidedly grunts like a porker.' Swiss Family Robinson Neb prepared some agouti soup, a smoked capybara ham, to which was added the boiled tubercules of the "caladium macrorhizum," an herbaceous plant of the arum family. The Mysterious Island Notwithstanding the bad weather, the settlers renewed their stores of different things, stone-pine almonds, rhizomes, syrup from the maple-tree, for the vegetable part; rabbits from the warren, agouties, and kangaroos for the animal part. The Mysterious Island An agouti and a cabiai, not to mention a dozen partridges, enriched the larder after this fortunate excursion. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon They were maras, a sort of agouti, a little larger than their congeners of tropical countries, regular American rabbits, with long ears, jaws armed on each side with five molars, which distinguish the agouti. The Mysterious Island Several pigs, agoutis, kangaroos, and other rodents were seen, also two or three koalas, at which Pencroft longed to have a shot. 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