To George Robert Waterhouse 5 March [1867?]1
Down, | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Mar 5
My dear Waterhouse
Will you have the kindness to answer me a question. In the Museum there is a Specimen of a slim Abyssinian wolf, described by Rüppel in his Wirbelthiere von Abyssinien.
In my notes I have called this Canis Simensis, which I think must be wrong;2 Gervais calls it C. Sinus; will you kindly tell me which is right?3
When last in the Museum I had intended calling upon you, but I staid so long talking in the working room that I expended all my strength.4
Believe me my dear Waterhouse | yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Gervais, Paul. 1854–5. Histoire naturelle des mammifères, avec l’indication de leurs moeurs, et de leurs rapports avec les arts, le commerce et l’agriculture. 2 vols. Paris: L. Curmer.
Gray, John Edward. 1843. List of the specimens of Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum.
Marginalia: Charles Darwin’s marginalia. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio with the assistance of Nicholas W. Gill. Vol. 1. New York and London: Garland Publishing. 1990.
Rüppell, Eduard. 1835–40. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. 4 vol. in 2. Frankfurt am Main: S. Schmerber.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Wishes to know the correct name for the British Museum’s specimen of an Abyssinian wolf described by Wilhelm Rueppell, Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien [1835–40] .
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1394
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Robert Waterhouse
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (Archives DF PAL/100/9/22)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1394,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1394.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15