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- Title
Świadectwo Eliana o rogatych zwierzętach Indii.
- Authors
KACZYŃSKA, ELWIRA
- Abstract
The paper presents horned animals of India, described by Aelian in his zoological treatise On the Characteristics of Animals (De natura animalium, XV 15; XVI 20). Probably he is repeating Megasthenes' description of the oriental animals existing in the Indian Peninsula. The present author carefully analyzes three species of animals, mentioned under their local (i.e. non-Greek) names: (1) μέσοι, (2) ΚαρΤάζωνος and (3) ύάριναι. It is suggested that Aelian's zoological nomenclature is of Middle Indo-Aryan origin and refers to three species of horned mammals, respectively: (1) the Ladakh urial or the wild oriental sheep (Ovis vignei Blyth, 1841); (2) the Indian rhinoceros or the greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis L., 1758); (3) the Deccan chinkara, known as the Indian gazelle and the ravine deer (Gazella bennettii Sykes, 1831).
- Subjects
LADAKH (India); ZOOLOGICAL nomenclature; ANIMAL species; DEER; GAZELLES; MAMMALS
- Publication
Zoophilologica: Polish Journal of Animal Studies, 2023, Vol 12, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
2719-2687
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2023.12.05