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. Conr. Gesneri Tigurini medicinæ et philosophiae professoris in Schola Tigurina, Historiæ animalium liber II : qui est de quadrupedibus ouiparis. Zoology. 148 AnimaliumMar. Ordo X. nec id inepte,ucl quia fpecfem Porci referat,uel quia Porcim&re fn cceno fe uoIutet,R6deIetiusi* itin @4ttwbunt>,ex Porco oC Canc compofito nomine:bat aud) $6in 4Uff t>J rucfren xoit bcr Cb«* fcen cbercn nft;er beym £ opffjfm&^roffcr/bcrter tmfc fci>fo Itcber ittt ffrd). Retulit mihi ufr quidam literatus,accepi(Te fe a nautis Bakhici maris,pifcem uo* catum ^imfcftfcb/Cfpeciem pot
. Conr. Gesneri Tigurini medicinæ et philosophiae professoris in Schola Tigurina, Historiæ animalium liber II : qui est de quadrupedibus ouiparis. Zoology. 148 AnimaliumMar. Ordo X. nec id inepte,ucl quia fpecfem Porci referat,uel quia Porcim&re fn cceno fe uoIutet,R6deIetiusi* itin @4ttwbunt>,ex Porco oC Canc compofito nomine:bat aud) $6in 4Uff t>J rucfren xoit bcr Cb«* fcen cbercn nft;er beym £ opffjfm&^roffcr/bcrter tmfc fci>fo Itcber ittt ffrd). Retulit mihi ufr quidam literatus,accepi(Te fe a nautis Bakhici maris,pifcem uo* catum ^imfcftfcb/Cfpeciem potiuseius:hoc enim nimis communeeftnomen,) aculeuminter» go habere,quo la?datnaufragos;8t' captusforteinnauim proiectus, aflTerem quernum etiam per* foret. Saluiani icon nonnihil ah hac pinnam partisfufme ultimam non uidetur ha* here:& caudam in txtrtmo magrt acutam. Kvuy Tnuy. A$er Vv l p e s Galeus, a Plinio Vulpes, ab alfjs Vulpecula dickur. Ariftoreles ftc appellatum innuit hunc pifcemab ingentj cal!iditate,qua Vulpem quadrupedemrefcrat:Diphi!us agut ftu ingrato dC graui,tanquam uulpinae carnis; Rondeletius a cauda: Iongitudine. A Syracufrjs KCmy^ eft Canis pinguis uocabatur,utprofert Athenarus ex Archcftrato,his uerfibus:E{/Ho-n&y Mt^.«ff,«f/itu Gi TrfoAsj/ 9U«,ap5raG(/ cwvfj; Oy xschioucrt Xuoct* iisvto: Kwccniovxxum tamen neque adfpem,neque pinguedinem ullam Galeihabcant, Rondele* jtius. An uero inillis Archeftrati uerbis pro KwuKTtiom^KujuxTr^/tnfx^ud A^Tnjv^alegemus^nam fu pra dixerat Athenaeus Archeftratum aflerere Muftelum Rhodium effe AtHmynfx. Quoniam ue ro omnium fapidifsimum hunc pifcem efle tradit,Vulpes autem noftra ubique uilis ac plebeius pifcis exiftimetur:Archeftrati Vulpem(inquitSaIuianus)autapudRhodumfo!um eiufmodi ef* praster altorum antiquorum morem,quod magis credimus,alium ab hocnoftro pifcem, tc nerum &C pf nguem, Vulpem ab eo uocari ille. Galei quidem Rhodij tconem aliam ex Rondeletio d
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