tammar

British  

/ ˈtæmə /

noun

1. a small scrub wallaby, Macropus eugenii, of Australia, having a thick dark-coloured coat

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Etymology

Origin of tammar

C19: from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

The crash occurred just 50 seconds after Tammar drove out of the park — “the blink of an eye,” Bannon said.

From Seattle Times

In another species the group has studied, the tammar wallaby, the backup’s development is paused to allow its older sibling to grow.

From New York Times

Tammar wallabies, which can grow to between 6 and 9 kilograms, are pregnant for just 26.5 days — barely longer than rats.

From Nature

To determine whether the marsupial placenta functions similarly to a eutherian mammal placenta before birth, evolutionary biologist Julie Baker and evolutionary developmental biologist Michael Guernsey of Stanford University in California analysed the collection of genes expressed in the tammar wallaby’s placenta.

From Nature

The researchers then analysed the genes expressed in the mammary glands of tammar wallabies that were nursing joeys.

From Nature