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BIOLOGICAL MISNOMERS AMONG THE BRITISH IN INDIA

BIOLOGICAL MISNOMERS AMONG THE BRITISH IN INDIA MA V 20, 1939. NOTES AND QUERIES. bears a superficial resemblance to one of ths BIOLOGICAL MISNOMERS AMONG Mus tribe. THE BRITISH IN INDIA. Wild Dog = Dhole (Cuon decanensis). This is not a true dog and does not belong following misnomers occur to me as to the genus Canis, as the dentition is dif- •*• current among British residents in India ; ferent. • It is a very bold animal; on one there may be a few others which I do not re- occasion 1 had a narrow escape from being collect : attacked by. them, as when riding on horse- Alligator = Gavial or Garial (Gavialus back on Dodabetta, a mountain in the south gangeticus). A big reptile with a pointed of India, I found myself almost surrounded snout. Alligators are confined to the two by a pack of Dholes. They seemed, however, American continents with the exception of a contented with staring at me, though they single small species in China. might easily have killed and made a meal of Baboon = Ape (Semnopithecus entellus, my thirteen-hands pony. etc.). Four species are found in India. They Although I have never heard Sunbirds, or are called Langurs http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Notes and Queries Oxford University Press

BIOLOGICAL MISNOMERS AMONG THE BRITISH IN INDIA

HARCOURT-BATH, WILLIAM
Notes and Queries , Volume 176 (20) – May 20, 1939
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MA V 20, 1939. NOTES AND QUERIES. bears a superficial resemblance to one of ths BIOLOGICAL MISNOMERS AMONG Mus tribe. THE BRITISH IN INDIA. Wild Dog = Dhole (Cuon decanensis). This is not a true dog and does not belong following misnomers occur to me as to the genus Canis, as the dentition is dif- •*• current among British residents in India ; ferent. • It is a very bold animal; on one there may be a few others which I do not re- occasion 1 had a narrow escape from being collect : attacked by. them, as when riding on horse- Alligator = Gavial or Garial (Gavialus back on Dodabetta, a mountain in the south gangeticus). A big reptile with a pointed of India, I found myself almost surrounded snout. Alligators are confined to the two by a pack of Dholes. They seemed, however, American continents with the exception of a contented with staring at me, though they single small species in China. might easily have killed and made a meal of Baboon = Ape (Semnopithecus entellus, my thirteen-hands pony. etc.). Four species are found in India. They Although I have never heard Sunbirds, or are called Langurs

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