Bennett's wallaby

English

Etymology

From the name of Edward Turner Bennett (1797–1836), English zoologist.

Noun

Bennett's wallaby (plural Bennett's wallabies)

1. A subspecies of red-necked wallaby, Notamacropus rufogriseus rufogriseus, native to Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands. [from 19th c.]
   • 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 22:

     All winter he has been looking for the track, living in caves […] ; for food he has had nothing but Bennett's wallaby, the odd pademelon.