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  南非杂记3 [犀牛非牛,河马非马]
   

犀牛非牛,河马非马

 

犀牛(Rhinoceros, Rhino)

哺乳纲 (Class Mammalia)

奇蹄目 (Order Perissodactyla = "odd-toed ungulates" 趾为奇数的有蹄类)

犀形亚目 (Suborder Ceratomorpha)

犀形总科 (Superfamily Rhinocerotoidea)

犀牛科 (Family Rhinocerotidae)

现存犀牛共有5

 

河马(Hippopotamus, Hippo)

哺乳 (Class Mammalia)
偶蹄目 (Order Artiodactyla = "even-toed ungulates"趾为偶数的有蹄类
)
(Suborder Suiformes)
齿下目
(Infraorder Ancodonta)
(Family Hippopotamidae)
马属 (Genus Hippopotamus = "a river horse" 河中之马
)
(Species amphibius = "living on both sides" 两栖)

 

奇蹄目(Perissodactyla):第三趾发达,其余各趾退化,趾端具蹄。如:马科、犀牛科。Perissodactyla - horses, rhinos, tapirs - "odd toed"

 

偶蹄目(Artiodactyla):第三、四趾同等发达,其余各趾退化,趾端具蹄。如:猪科、牛科、驼科、河马科、鹿科、长颈鹿科。Artiodactyla - pigs, peccaries, hippos, camels, deer, antelope, cattle, sheep, goats - "even toed"

 

犀牛与马同属于奇蹄目,而河马与牛同属于偶蹄目。因此,通俗地说,犀牛非牛,河马非马;犀牛近马,河马近牛。赵高的指鹿为马(call a stag a horse—deliberately misrepresent; call white black) ,硬要把偶蹄目的鹿说成奇蹄目的马,可见是蛮横霸道无耻无知之极,呵呵。

 

 

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