术语“长鼻类动物”的详细信息

英译术语:

proboscidean

汉语语境:

1000多万年前，在亚洲、欧洲和非洲大陆上，出现了身高5米、体重超过12吨的恐象。它是最大的长鼻类动物，也是已知的第三大哺乳动物。它的象牙非常独特，不是长在上颌上，而是长在下颌上，并且向下、向后弯，看起来像一对固定在下巴上的巨钩。据科学家推测，恐象很可能像长颈鹿一样，在草原附近的小片丛林间游移，过着以树林为食堂、以草地为操场的生活。

英语语境:

Ten million years ago, dinotheres existed in the mainland of Asia, Europe and Africa. The dinothere was 5 meters tall and weighed over 12 tons. It was the largest proboscidean and the third largest mammal we have ever known. Its teeth was very special for that it wasn't in maxillary but in mandible. Moreover, its teeth bent downward and backward just like a giant hook fixed to the chin. Scientists speculated that the dinothere might like the giraffe living in the small jungle near grassland, and treating the wood as dining room and grassland as playground.