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Przewalski|preɪjəˈvælskɪ|
Also Prejevalsky, Przevalsky.
The name of N. M. Przewalski (1839–1888), Russian explorer, used attrib., ellipt., and in the possessive to designate a wild horse, Equus przevalskii, collected by him in 1876 in Central Asia, its native land, and named after him by I. S. Poliakov in 1881 (Izvestiya Imper. Russ. Geogr. Obshchestva XVII. 1).
1881Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. VIII. 16 (heading) Prejevalsky's Horse. 1884Nature 21 Aug. 391/2 Przevalsky's wild horse has warts on its hind-legs as well as on its fore-legs. Ibid., Nor has Przevalsky's horse any dorsal stripe. 1928Daily Tel. 3 Jan. 5/1 Of the numerous arrivals at the zoo during the past year, the following are amongst the rarest or most valuable:..a Prejevalski's wild horse,..and two Komodo monitor lizards. 1951G. G. Simpson Horses iii. 17 It is usually said that the only living true wild horse..is the central Asiatic race or subspecies called Przewalski's horse. 1969J. Fisher et al. Red Bk. 101/1 Przewalski's horse..is the sole surviving species of wild horse. Ibid., 101/2 The Przewalski horse can be mistaken for the kulan, or Mongolian wild ass. 1972Guardian 22 May 7/3 (caption) A young Przewalski filly. Only about 30 of these Mongolian wild horses are..left in the mountains of China. 1973Daily Tel. 23 Aug. 14 The Przewalski, whose primitive characteristics include a hog mane and mealy muzzle, is the only true horse now living in a wild state in the Gobi Desert, where it is almost extinct. |