Named for Hieronim Florian Radziwill Konstanty, Count Branicki, a Polish nobleman. The species is not a mouse, but is in the orderRodentia. The genus nameDinomys comes fromAncient Greekδεινός(deinós) +μῦς(mûs,“terrible mouse”).

CountBranicki'smouse (pluralCount Branicki's mice)

1. Thepacarana,Dinomys branickii.

• Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson (2009)The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals, Johns Hopkins University Press,→ISBN

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