The origin of the name of red-crowned crane

Red-crowned crane, whose scientific name is Grus japonensis (translated as "Japanese crane" in Chinese), was named by German zoologist Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller in 1776. Mill used to teach science in He Run. 1773- 1776 translated and published Linnai's representative work Natural System, and announced some newly named species. The creatures named this time include red-crowned cranes Muller named the red-crowned crane 1776, which was the first year of the founding of the United States. In China, this year was the forty-first year of Emperor Gaozong. In Japan, this year was Ernst & Young's five years in Houtaoyuan, both of which were closed to the outside world. On that day, westerners could only know China from Guangzhou and Japanese from Nagasaki. Red-crowned cranes migrate from the northeast of China to the south, without passing through South China, but take Kyushu and Honshu as wintering places. So westerners can only see this animal through Japan. Named "Japanese Crane".

/kloc-from the end of 0/9 to the beginning of the 20th century, the red-crowned crane in Honshu Island, Japan became extinct. Some zoologists believe that this species is extinct in Japan, so they changed its English common name from Japanese crane to Manchu crane, but this usage is not widely accepted. The names Japanese crane and Northeast crane have always coexisted, which has caused some confusion. Therefore, archibald, former chairman of the International Crane Foundation, suggested that the English common name of the Red-crowned Crane be changed to Red-Crowned Crane. Nevertheless, the expression of "Japanese crane" is still the mainstream in the English world.