Thank, I didn’t know about this one.

(https://klingon.wiki/En/NewWordsQepa30)
  “[anteater, sloth, armadillo] These are, of course, Terran animals. There is, however, a Klingon creature that more or less looks like an armadillo (though not so much like the others) called a {tlhuHtuch}.”

From: James Landau via tlhIngan-Hol
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2026 2:07 PM

There's also the other armadillo-like animal, the *tlhuHtuch*.

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>From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>

>To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>

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>(Alice p.238-39):  As it turns out, there's a Klingon animal that does roll itself up into a ball when in danger (that is, it pretends to be 

>dead or inanimate or something).  It's called a {woSwa'}.  There's also a bug that does the same thing, and it's called a {woSwa' ghew}, 

>suggesting that the rolling-up characteristic of the {woSwa'} is one of its defining features.

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>(Lieven, 12/01/2021):  In the original version, Alice plays a round of Croquet with hedgehogs as balls. In the Klingon version, those are 

>{woSwa'mey}, animals that can roll up to balls, but they are not hedgehogs.  They are more like armadillos.  The discussion about this 

>word came when I tried to distinguish the mouse from the hedgehogs.  I first thought of using {Qa'Hom} for the mouse, but then realized 

>that a) a titmouse is not a mouse, and b) according to KCD, it looks like a hedgehog.  As this might have caused confusion, Maltz told 

>me about the {woSwa'} and the {lIS'ab}. 
>

>SEE:

>Qoqe'          croquet (Earth game) (n) (Klingon Alice)

>neSngech     dormouse-like animal (n) (Klingon Alice)

>lIS'ab         rodent (n)

>  -  "This animal is more rat-sized than mouse-sized, but a {vIghro'} might well chase it.

>Its face kind of resembles that of a bat (though a bat is not a rodent)."  [qep'a' 2021]

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