Although there have been written descriptions of cetaceans in China thousands of years ago, the baiji dolphin has been recorded in the Erya. However, China's research on cetaceans started very late, and there was only sporadic research and investigation in the 1920s, so early research relied heavily on data from Japan and other countries, and a large number of names were also named with reference to Japan's "harmony name" in the Chinese of species.
Today we will not talk about other issues, just talk about these Japanese imported words, some of which have been well integrated into the Chinese environment, but there are also some because of the Japanese cultural background behind the name that makes it inappropriate to directly copy the Effect of Japanese Kanji, many of which are familiar to us.
1. Megaptera novaeangliae—Humpback Whale - "Crantic Whale"
Zato-shi is a four-person blind-eyed monk in the Muromachi period in Japan: "Kengyo", "Betto", "Koto", "Zazato", "Zazaza" In the first part. "Zazato Whale" Is a back protrusion shape image "Zazato" back-wearing biwa sotsu name.
The "hunchback" structure of the big-winged whale
2. Tiger raven/orcinus orca—"Orca"-"Samata"-"Reversed/Reversed/Sakamata"
This may not have been thought of by many people, but in fact, the two Chinese names of killer whales may be from Japanese, but they are still slightly different.
The killer whale's japanese name , 鯱 ( しゃち ) , is a japanese legendary creature with a tiger's head with sharp spines on its back and a tail cocked up in the air. The image of the "urus" is often used as a decoration for the roof of traditional Japanese buildings, and is installed on both sides of the main ridge.
The "orca" in "orca" is also from Japanese, which originally meant that the towering dorsal fin of a killer whale resembles an upside-down spear (or fork).
Ayi Tsutomu's Entreatonous Words and Tigers' Sublime Status, Repun Kamuy Gods Sea No Gods) or Atui Koro kamuy (Gods who rule the sea Oceans). Yonoshiro, the largest group of tigers in the Western Pacific in the Western Pacific in the Hokkaido area, shiretoko hanenmuro strait is the world famous summer place. The very huge, huge, 9-u.s. or more giant type body of the Japanese sea area, and the Hokkaido 种 group predation north hammer.
Kumamoto Castle Tower
Nagoya Castle Tower Kobu Kinkou
Okayama Castle Tower Kinko
Killer whales in Rausu Town, Shiretoko Peninsula, prey on mallet whale cubs, and this giant male killer whale may be more than 8 meters in size
The waters around Japan are also home to the largest number of killer whales in the Western Pacific, with an estimated total of more than 1,200, mainly resident whales, and sometimes passers-by whales. The id of the Japanese resident whale begins with sns, and the passerby whale begins with tu. Of course, there is no need to worry about the safety of these killer whales, the last time Japan used wild killer whales for the show was in 1997 Taiji Town, the time to stop killing killer whales is even longer, the Japanese whaling targets are mainly minke whales, Antarctic minke whales and mallet whales, killer whales are not their targets.
3. physeter macrocephalus—sperm whales- "matcher whales"
The source of the famous spice "ambergris" is the fecal stone of the sperm whale, which is produced by the long-term retention of some indigestible solids in the intestine, and the fragrance will be produced after oxidative degradation or photodegradation after exposure to the air. "Sperm" (まっこう) refers to a powdered spice.
Fresh ambergris is black and has only the smell of feces and no aroma. High quality after a long reaction is white.
4. Rat Sea Pig (phocoenidae/phocoena/phocoena)—"Porpoise" - "Rat Sea Pig"
The name porpoise actually comes from a model species of the porpoise family, the harbor porpoise (phocoena phocoena), whose name is "porpoise", which originally meant the color of its skin
"Rat color (ねずみいろ)", that is, dark gray. But in Chinese, "rat" does not have this meaning, so the Chinese name "porpoise" may not be so appropriate.
Harbor Porpoise
5. Shinkai Pork (delphinus)—"Mileca" - "Shinkai Pig"
The japanese name means "真のイルカ", which is the real dolphin, while its English name is common dolphin, meaning "common dolphin" or "common dolphin". To be honest, I don't really understand what the Japanese think...
Alligators are real dolphins, but to be honest bottlenose dolphins are more in line with most people's impressions of dolphins
6. Globicephala- "Gondou Whale" - "Giant Whale"
The reason the pilot whale is called the giant whale may be due to the fact that its head, especially the frontal bulge part, is very pronounced. Interestingly, all species of dolphins in the Japanese navigating whale subfamily and their names are "giant whales", such as:
Pilot Whale – "Giant Whale"
Pseudo-killer whales – "hedging giants" (referring to pseudo-killer whales living at sea)
Pygmy killer whale – "Dream Giant" (nearly a century after the discovery and description of this species in 1874, which may refer to the fact that the discovery and determination of this species is as illusory as a dream)
Melon head whale - "counting giant" (melon head whale has a large number of teeth)
Richter's dolphin – "Flower Giant" and "Giant Pine Leaf" (Richter's dolphin has many scratches caused by teeth, from social interaction within the species and male competition, and is patterned, much like pine needles)
Yi River Dolphin – "River Giant" (referring to part of the population of Yi River Dolphin living in fresh water)
Pilot Whale Subfamily Family Portrait
Image courtesy of "Marine mammals of the world a comprehensive guide to their identification", from top to bottom: River Yi Dolphin, Australian Dwarf Fin Dolphin, Antarctic Type A Killer Whale, Antarctic C Type Killer Whale (Killer Whales do not belong to the pilot whale subfamily, and Antarctic C Type Killer Whales are similar in size to Pilot Whales, not so large), Long-limbed Pilot Whales, Short-limbed Pilot Whales, Pseudo-Killer Whales, Pygmy Killer Whales, and Melon Head Whales
Scratches on the body of a Dolphin on the Richter scale
7. Hammering / Berardius- "Hornet Whale" - "Hammer Whale"
The mallet whale genus is the largest group of beaked whales , and the name " hammer " derives from its synchronous shape similar to the " horizontal mallet " used to beat straw.
In addition to "mallet whale", there are many other Chinese names, such as "shell beaked whale" and "shell whale", which are transliterations of Latin scientific names, but I personally feel that it is not as good as the mallet whale image and easy to remember. (That's why I'm generally called the Southern Hammer Whale and the Northern Hammer Whale instead of the Ash beaked whale and the Beaked Beaked Whale))
Wooden mallet
Hammer whale
8. Pacific Muskara Sea Pig / Lagenorhynchus obliquidens—"Gondou Whale" - "Kamaumi Pig"
In Japanese, the genus lagenorhynchus, also known as the "genus " Cyprinus " , comes from the pattern species Pacific spotted dolphin , which originally meant that the dorsal fin on its back resembles a sickle.
Pacific spotted dolphins
9. balaenoptera physalus—"Nagasu Whale" - "Nagasu Whale"
buff...... I never knew whether this "long" was modified with "baleen whales" or "whiskers", but if it was Chinese, I believe it was the former, because the whiskers of fin whales are not longer than those of other baleen whales, and they can match the "minke whales" and "minke whales". However, in Japanese, there is no "minke whale" and "minke whale", but instead it is called "small whale" and "whale".
10. Balaena mysticetus- "Polar Whale" - "Arctic Whale"
In connection with distribution , bowhead whales are found only in the Arctic Ocean and its vicinity at high latitudes.
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