The British Cyclopµdia of Natural History, Vol. 3 of 3: Combining a Scientific Classification of Animals, Plants, and Minerals, with a Popular View of Their Habits, Economy, and Structure, the Various Articles Are Written Expressly for the Work by Author
The British Cyclopµdia of Natural History, Vol. 3 of 3: Combining a Scientific Classification of Animals, Plants, and Minerals, with a Popular View of Their Habits, Economy, and Structure, the Various Articles Are Written Expressly for the Work by Author
Excerpt from The British Cyclop???dia of Natural History, Vol. 3 of 3: Combining a Scientific Classification of Animals, Plants, and Minerals, With a Popular View of Their Habits, Economy, and Structure, the Various Articles Are Written Expressly for the Work by Authors Eminent in Their Particular Department The name kangaroo is that given to the animal by at least some of the many hordes or packs of savage inhabitants which were found in Australia at the time when it was first visited by Europeans; and probably the ...
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Excerpt from The British Cyclop???dia of Natural History, Vol. 3 of 3: Combining a Scientific Classification of Animals, Plants, and Minerals, With a Popular View of Their Habits, Economy, and Structure, the Various Articles Are Written Expressly for the Work by Authors Eminent in Their Particular Department The name kangaroo is that given to the animal by at least some of the many hordes or packs of savage inhabitants which were found in Australia at the time when it was first visited by Europeans; and probably the retaining of this name, both as the com mon English and the scientific one, is the wisest plan which can be adopted. That disposition to call names, by 'which systematic naturalists are often too much beset, has led to the application of one or two to the animals of this genus. The late Dr. Shaw, who was very laborious in compilations respecting the natural history of animals, though perhaps far from the most phiiosophic and discriminating that ever undertook such a task, applied the name Macro pus, or large foot, and that name is accordingly to be met with in many of the books. Others have given different names descriptive of various parts of the structure or action of the animal; but there is none' of them that reaches the real character so that there does not appear to be any necessity for changing the native name, which, if it has no other advantage, at least possesses this one that it does not mix up the subject for which it stands with any other genus of animals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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