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  • Sanajeh indicus, meaning "ancient gaped one from India" in Sanskrit.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • "First, good 'indicus' (hump on the back) cattle are naturally very resistant.

    9: Domestic animals 1996

  • The new species, Varanus lirungensis, is apparently related to the mangrove monitor, V. indicus.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • The new species, Varanus lirungensis, is apparently related to the mangrove monitor, V. indicus.

    New Monitor Lizard 2009

  • Paleontologist and snake expert Jason Head says that the snake, known as Sanajeh indicus, lacked the wipe-jaws needed to swallow eggs, but just-hatched baby titanosaurs would have been perfect prey for the 3.5 meter nearly 12 feet long serpent.

    Archive 2010-02-28 Bill Crider 2010

  • "Sometimes, a drop of cà cuống, which is the essence of a giant water bug, Lethocerus indicus, is added to the nước chấm for extra flavor, although this ingredient is scarce and quite expensive."

    Sundays at The Verdugo Bar, Glassell Park e d b m 2009

  • There is a natural resistance to the tick in bos indicus cattle (brahmany thingies) than in bos taurus (euro) types.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Calling all Texans… 2009

  • The endangered Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), the largest of the four living tapir species and only Old World representative, is also a resident of these forests.

    Sumatran freshwater swamp forests 2008

  • The tarsier (Tarsius bancansus), banded leaf-monkey (Presbytis melalophus), and endangered Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) are all found to the south of Lake Toba.

    Sumatran montane rain forests 2008

  • The Sumatran orangutan for example, is not found south of Lake Toba nor the Asian tapir Tapirus indicus (EN) north of it.

    Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra, Indonesia 2008

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