Ælianus, CLAUDIUS

Roman rhetorician under Hadrian, 117-138. Two considerable works extant; Varia Hist or i a, a miscellaneous history, and De Animalium Natura, on the peculiarities of animals. Twenty letters on husbandry are also attributed to him. Æluridæ. Family of Arc to idea , including the Wah or Panda of India and Thibet, a cat-like animal, but with larger ears, and a long tail heavily furred. It is fawn-colored above and black beneath, with yellow bands around the tail; there is some white on the face, and the pelage has a satiny luster. It walks plantigrade, and resembles a bear in structure, but it runs like a weasel. An allied genus ( Ailuropus ) discovered in Thibet 1874 is white, like a Polar-bear. Æluroidea (EPIMYCTERI). Section of FISSIPEDE CARNIVORA, characterized by digitigrade progre ion and po e ion of a tympanic bulla divided into two chambers, the outer one being the true tympanic chamber. The carna ials are well developed , and the toes are retractile (except in Hyana ). Usually only one molar exists on each side of each jaw. Families included: Felidæ (cats), Viverridæ (civets), and Hyænid a . Æmilianus. Emperor of Rome 3 months, 253. Æneas. Fabled son of Anchises and Aphrodite. He fought at siege of Troy, and after its fall fled with his father. Homer seems to regard him as reigning near Troy, but later traditions a ign him different careers. According to Virgil's Æneid , of which he is the hero, he went to Sicily and Africa, finally settling in Latium, where he became founder of the Latin nation. Æneas Tactic us. Ancient Greek writer upon the art of war.