Thursday, 30 May 2013

Donors of Reptiles to London Zoo 1914/15: 6. Charles Edward Colston Frost

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Again, in this series of posts, this is what Clin Keeling wrote in A Short History of British Reptile Keeping : ...while C. Frost, who ...

Tigers in Hong Kong: More Information

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In a brilliant book, Southern District Officer Reports. Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong , 1910-1960 (edited by John Strickland, Hon...
Friday, 24 May 2013

Donors of Reptiles to London Zoo 1914/15: 5. M.C. Myres

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Following up this series of posts, this is what Clin Keeling wrote in A Short History of British Reptile Keeping : For instance, there...
Thursday, 9 May 2013

More on Hong Kong Rats

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In the previous posts, I referred to the two hillside rats of Hong Kong, Niviventer fulvescens (Chestnut Spiny Rat) and Rattus andamanensi...

What Happened to Hong Kong’s Sladen’s Rat

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The second non-urban or hillside rat in Hong Kong was called Sladen’s Rat in the 1960s with the scientific name of Rattus rattus sladen i. ...
Thursday, 2 May 2013

What Happened to Hong Kong’s Huang’s Rat

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In Hong Kong in the 1960s there were two types of rat on the hillsides. In 2013 they are still there but their names have changed completel...
Friday, 12 April 2013

Donors of Reptiles to London Zoo 1915: 4. Harold Duncan Foster

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The first example of an amateur reptile keeper I have found so far from the list given by Clin Keeling of those individuals who donated spec...