| 释义 |
‖ dhole Zool.|dhəʊl|
[Origin unknown.
Given by Hamilton Smith in 1827, as the name ‘in various parts of the East’; but not included among the native Indian names by Blanford (Fauna of British Ind. (1888), Mammals 143), and unknown to Indian Scholars. (In Canarese, tôl̤a is the wolf: can this be, through some confusion, the source of dhole?)]
The wild dog of the Deccan in India.
1827Col. C. H. Smith in E. Griffith Cuvier's An. Kingd. II. 326 The Dhole, or Wild Dog of the East Indies, is made like the Dingo, but the hairs of the tail are not bushy. It is of a uniform bright red colour, and is found in South Africa, and in various parts of the East, where it is named Dhole. 1837T. Bell Brit. Quadrup. in Penny Cycl. IX. 58/1 Of dogs in such a state of wildness..two very remarkable ones are the Dhole of India and the Dingo of Australia. 1866Wood Pop. Nat. Hist. I. 89 The Kholsun, or Dhole as it is often called, of British India. Ibid. 90 The sanguinary contests between the Dholes and their prey. |