 Caballaya, but usually known by its Malay name of Pengoli/n, ', a word indicative of its faculty, when, alarmed, of " rolling itself up " into a compact ball, by bending its head towards its stomach, arching its back into a circle, and securing all by...  Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical - Page 151by Sir James Emerson Tennent - 1860 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Elephants - 1861 - 586 pages
...but usually known by its Malay name of Pengoli/n, ', a word indicative of its faculty, when, alarmed, of " rolling itself up " into a compact ball, by bending...These they use in extracting their favourite food from ant-hills and decaying wood. When at liberty, they burrow in the dry ground to a depth of seven... | |
 | John George Wood - 1861 - 276 pages
...scaly ant-eater, called by the Singalese, Caballaya, but usually known by its Malay name of Pengolin, a word indicative of its faculty of ' rolling itself...back into a circle, and securing all by a powerful hold of its mailcovered tail. When at liberty, they burrow in the dry ground to a depth of seven or... | |
 | John George Wood - Natural history - 1865 - 842 pages
...scaly ant-eater, called by the Singalese, Caballaya, but usually known by its Malay name of Pengolin, a word indicative of its faculty of ' rolling itself...back into a circle, and securing all by a powerful hold of its mail-covered tail. When at liberty, they burrow in the dry ground to a depth of seven or... | |
 | John George Wood - Animal behavior - 1870 - 822 pages
...scaly ant-eater, called by the Singalese, Caballaya, but usually known by its Malay name of Pengolin, a word indicative of its faculty of ' rolling itself...back into a circle, and securing all by a powerful hold of its mail-covered tail When at liberty, they burrow in the dry ground to a depth of seven or... | |
 | Edward Balfour - India - 1873 - 1038 pages
...ant-eater, is called Caballaya, its Malay name of Pengolin is indicative of its faculty, when alarmed, of " rolling itself up" into a compact ball by bending...all by a powerful fold of its mail-covered tail. The Singhalese regard it with aversion, one name given to it being the " Negombo devil." — Tennent's... | |
 | Tropical regions - Adventure and adventurers - 1882 - 288 pages
...Short-tailed Manis, also known as the Scaly Ant-eater, and by its Malay name of Pangolin — which alludes to its faculty of rolling itself up into a compact ball, by bending its head towards its stomach, curving its back into a bow, and securing itself in this position by a powerful grasp of its mail-covered... | |
 | Edward Balfour - Asia, Southeastern - 1885 - 1210 pages
...Edentata, the scaly anteaters. The Malay name of Pengolin is indicative of its faculty, when alarmed, of rolling itself up into a compact ball, by bending...all by a powerful fold of its mail-covered tail The Singhalese regard it with aversion, one name given to it being the Negombo (devil). — Tennant ; Jerdon.... | |
 | American Oriental Society - Electronic journals - 1897 - 226 pages
...Caballaya, but usually known by its Malay name of Pertgolin, a word indicative of its faculty, when alarmed, of "rolling itself up" into a compact ball, by bending...all by a powerful fold of its mail-covered tail.. ..Of two specimens which I kept alive at different times, one about two feet in length, from the vicinity... | |
 | American Oriental Society - Oriental philology - 1897 - 432 pages
...Caballaya, but usually known by its Malay name of Pengolin, a word indicative of its faculty, when alarmed, of "rolling itself up" into a compact ball, by bending...all by a powerful fold of its mail-covered tail.. ..Of two specimens which I kept alive at different times, one about two feet in length, from the vicinity... | |
 | Botany - 1859 - 510 pages
...in Ceylon is the scaly ant-eater (Manis pentadactyla), usually known by its Malay name of Pengolin, a word indicative of its faculty of rolling itself up into a compact ball ; these live principally upon the termite ants. When at liberty, they burrow in the ground to a depth... | |
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