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7 unusual facts about Bombay Natural History Society


Bombay Natural History Society

The description of ant-bird interactions in German by Erwin Stresemann was reviewed in a 1935 issue leading to the introduction of the term anting into English.

Calotes aurantolabium

Holotype Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) 1436 (Orange-lipped forest lizard) an adult female, collected by N. M. Ishwar at Kakkachi in Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India in 1997.

Cane turtle

J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79(3): 676-677

J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 83(Supplement): 112–126.

Edith Pechey

She became a member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bombay Edith Pechey had met Herbert Musgrave Phipson (1849–1936), a reformer, wine merchant and a founding secretary to the Bombay Natural History Society as well as the "medical women for India" fund.

Gundia River

The Kempahole region is classified as one of the ‘Important Bird Areas’ of India according to the Bombay Natural History Society and the International Bird Conservation Network.

Mumbai Trans Harbour Link

Some of the conditions were that the MMRDA put up noise barriers, replant five times the number of mangroves destroyed, not carry out dredging or reclamation, use construction equipment with exhaust silencers and work in consultation with the Bombay Natural History Society to minimize the impact on migratory birds.



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