Introduction: The Origin of the Term Pachyderm
ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "pachyderm" mai nā huaʻōlelo Helene "pachys," ʻo ia hoʻi ka mānoanoa, a me "derma," ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻili. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka huaʻōlelo i ke kenekulia 19 e wehewehe i kahi hui o nā holoholona nui, ʻili mānoanoa. Ma ka moʻomeheu kaulana, pili pinepine ka huaʻōlelo me nā elepani. Eia nō naʻe, aia nā pachyderms i nā holoholona like ʻole me ka ʻili mānoanoa, e like me ka rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, a me nā tapir.
He aha ka Pachyderm?
He pūʻulu holoholona ʻo Pachyderms me ka ʻili mānoanoa e pale ai i nā mea ʻaihue a me nā mea kūlohelohe. Hōʻike ʻia lākou e ko lākou nui nui, ʻili mānoanoa, a me ke kino kaumaha. He herbivorous nā Pachyderms a he ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe paʻakikī e hiki ai iā lākou ke unuhi i nā meaʻai mai nā mea kanu paʻakikī. Loaʻa lākou ma nā wahi noho like ʻole, e like me nā ululāʻau, nā mauʻu, a me nā ʻāina pulu.
ʻElepani ʻApelika: ʻO nā Momo ʻĀina Nui loa
ʻO nā ʻelepani ʻApelika ka nui o nā mea momona o ka ʻāina ma ka honua, me ke kaumaha o nā kāne a hiki i 14,000 paona a kū i luna o 10 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe. Loaʻa iā lākou ma nā ʻāina he 37 ma ʻApelika a ua māhele ʻia i ʻelua subspecies: ka elephant savanna a me ka elephant nahele. ʻO nā elepani ʻApelika he herbivorous a ʻai i 300 paona o nā mea kanu i kēlā me kēia lā. Ua kaulana lākou no ko lākou naʻauao, ka nohona pili kanaka, a me ka paʻa ʻana o ka ʻohana.
Nā ʻano kino o nā Elepani ʻApelika
Ua ʻike ʻia nā Elepani ʻApelika e ko lākou nui nui, nā kumu lōʻihi, a me nā pepeiao nui. ʻO ko lākou mau kumu he hui ia o ko lākou lehelehe luna a me ka ihu a hoʻohana ʻia no ka hanu, honi, inu, a hopu i nā mea. Hoʻohana ʻia ko lākou mau pepeiao e hoʻoponopono i ka mahana o ke kino a kamaʻilio pū me nā ʻelepani ʻē aʻe. He ʻili mānoanoa ko nā Elepani ʻApelika a hiki i ka 1 iniha ka mānoanoa ma kekahi mau wahi. ʻO kā lākou mau niho, ʻo ia hoʻi nā niho incisor lōʻihi, hiki ke ulu a hiki i 10 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi a hiki ke kaumaha a hiki i 220 paona.
ʻO ke ʻano o nā Elepani ʻApelika
ʻO nā elepani ʻApelika he holoholona nui loa e noho ana i nā hui i alakaʻi ʻia e kahi matriarch. Kūkākūkā lākou kekahi i kekahi ma o nā leo, ka ʻōlelo kino, a me nā hōʻailona kemika. Ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻelepani ʻApelika no ko lākou naʻauao a me ka hoʻoponopono pilikia. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hana, e like me nā lālā, e ʻoki iā lākou iho a i ʻole nā lele. He hoʻomanaʻo ikaika hoʻi nā Elepani ʻApelika a hiki ke hoʻomanaʻo i nā wahi o nā kumu wai a me nā meaʻai.
Ka pilina ma waena o nā Pachyderms a me nā Elepani
ʻOiai pili pinepine ʻia nā elepani ʻApelika me ka huaʻōlelo "pachyderm," ʻo lākou kekahi o nā holoholona he nui i hāʻule ma lalo o kēia ʻano. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "pachyderm" pili i kekahi holoholona me ka ʻili mānoanoa, a me nā rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, a me nā tapir. ʻOiai kaʻana like kēia mau holoholona i kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona kino, loaʻa iā lākou nā moʻolelo evolutionary ʻokoʻa a me nā kuleana kaiaola.
ʻO ka manaʻo kuhihewa e pili ana iā Pachyderm ma ke ʻano he inoa inoa no nā Elepani ʻApelika
ʻOiai ʻo ka wehewehe ʻana i ka laulā, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ka "pachyderm" ma ke ʻano he inoa inoa no nā elepani ʻApelika. Ma muli paha o ko lākou nui nui a me ka ʻili mānoanoa. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole pololei loa kēia hoʻohana ʻana a hiki ke alakaʻi i ka huikau e pili ana i ke ʻano maoli o ka huaʻōlelo.
ʻO ka manaʻo maoli o Pachyderm
ʻO ka manaʻo maoli o ka huaʻōlelo "pachyderm" he holoholona me ka ʻili mānoanoa. ʻAʻole wale nā elepani ʻApelika wale nō akā ʻo nā holoholona ʻē aʻe e like me nā rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, a me nā tapir. ʻOiai pili pinepine ʻia nā elepani ʻApelika me ka huaʻōlelo, he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻo lākou kekahi o nā holoholona he nui i hāʻule ma lalo o kēia ʻano.
Nā holoholona ʻē aʻe i hāʻule ma lalo o ke ʻano o nā Pachyderms
Ma waho aʻe o nā elepani ʻApelika, ʻo nā holoholona ʻē aʻe e hāʻule ana ma lalo o ka ʻano o nā pachyderms e komo pū me nā rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, a me nā tapir. ʻIke ʻia nā Rhinoceroses no ko lākou mau pepeiaohao nui, i hana ʻia me ke keratin, ka mea like me ka lauoho kanaka a me nā kui. ʻO ka Hippopotamu nā holoholona semi-aquatic e hoʻolilo i ka hapa nui o ko lākou manawa i loko o ka wai e hoʻoponopono ai i ka mahana o ko lākou kino. ʻO Tapirs nā holoholona herbivorous i loaʻa ma Central a me ʻAmelika Hema a me Asia Hikina Hema.
Ka hopena: Ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Pachyderm
I ka hopena, hoʻohana ʻia ka huaʻōlelo "pachyderm" e wehewehe i kahi hui o nā holoholona me ka ʻili mānoanoa. ʻOiai pili pinepine ʻia nā elepani ʻApelika me ka huaʻōlelo, he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻo lākou kekahi o nā holoholona he nui i hāʻule ma lalo o kēia ʻano. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano maoli o ka huaʻōlelo hiki ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka huikau a hāpai i ka kamaʻilio pololei e pili ana i kēia mau holoholona hoihoi.