echidnas n. [脊椎] 针鼹(echidna的复数)
- The theory seems plausible for platypuses, which are amphibious creatures. Echidnas, however, dwell solely on land.
这个理论对两栖的鸭嘴兽来说有些道理,然而针鼹却是完全陆生的动物。 - Phillips and his colleagues suggest that platypuses and echidnas made it through the marsupial invasion because their ancestors sought refuge where marsupials could not follow—the water.
菲力普斯和同事认为,鸭嘴兽和针鼹能熬过有袋类动物的大军压境,是因为牠们的祖先避居到有袋类无法跟进的地方:水里。 - But Phillips's team reanalyzed 439 features of those early fossils and found that echidnas and recently evolved platypuses were better grouped together instead of with more ancient fossils.
但菲力普斯的团队在重新分析那些早期化石的439个特徵后,发现针鼹和新近演化出来的鸭嘴兽较为接近,而不该和较远古的化石归类在一起。
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