蝦夷栗鼠
Japanese
Kanji in this term
蝦
夷
栗
鼠
えぞ
り
Jinmeiyō
す
Hyōgai
Jinmeiyō
Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
irregular
Etymology
蝦夷
(
Ezo
,
jukujikun (
熟字訓
)
)
+
栗鼠
(
risu
,
“
squirrel
”
)
Noun
蝦夷
(
えぞ
)
栗
(
り
)
鼠
(
す
)
or
蝦夷栗鼠
(
エゾリス
)
• (
Ezo risu
)
a
Hokkaido red squirrel
(
Sciurus vulgaris orientis
)