Favenc, `Tales of the Austral Tropics,' p. 328: One of my specimens . The idea is taken fromdeep-sinking in a mining shaft. a marine animal.
The name, however, is more generally applied to AEdicnemusgrallarius, Lath. ly,to the tiny interesting little creature known on the plains asthe `kangaroo-mouse'; but all have the same characteristics. It is of the shape of a pickaxe, with only one pick.
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