Ukutholwa okuphawulekayo okukhanyisa ngesikhathi soMbusi waseShayina u-Wen eminyakeni engu-2,200 edlule kuye kwavela ocwaningweni lwakamuva. Uphenyo luveza ukuthi kwanikelwa kuMbusi, okuhlanganisa i-panda enkulu ne-tapir, izinsalela zayo zabekwa eduze kwethuna lombusi eXi'an, eChina.
Okuye kwamangaza abavubukuli ukuvubukulwa kwamathambo e-tapir. Lokhu kwengeza ingwijikhwebu emangalisayo, okubonisa ukuthi lezi zilwane, ezingasatholakali eShayina, kungenzeka ukuthi zazizulazula kule ndawo ezikhathini zasendulo.
Nakuba sazi ngezinsalela ze-tapir eShayina ezineminyaka engaphezu kwezinkulungwane eziyikhulu, kwakukholelwa ukuthi lezi zilwane zase zinyamalele ezweni eminyakeni engu-2,200 edlule.
Izinhlobo zama-tapir emhlabeni
Njengamanje, kunezinhlobo ezinhlanu zama-tapir emhlabeni. Izinsalela ezisanda kutholwa zibonakala zingeze-tapir yaseMalay (I-Tapirus indicus), futhi eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Malay tapir noma i-tapir yase-Asia.
I-tapir yesi-Malaya esikhulile ingakala cishe ngamafidi ayisithupha kuya kwayisishiyagalombili (1.8 kuya ku-2.4 amamitha) ubude futhi ibe nesisindo esingamakhilogremu angu-550 kuya ku-704 (amakhilogremu angu-250 kuya kwangu-320), njengoba kubikwe i-Denver Zoo. Ama-tapir asekhulile abonisa umklamo oyingqayizivele omnyama nomhlophe.
Kulolu suku, ama-tapirs aseMalaya abhekene nesimo esibucayi. Bangaphansi kuka-2,500 abantu abakhule ngokugcwele balolu hlobo abasele. Zingabonwa kuphela ezingxenyeni ezithile zaseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, ikakhulukazi iMalaysia neThailand ngokusho kwe- Inyunyana Yamazwe Ngamazwe Yokugcinwa Kwemvelo.
Imihlatshelo yezilwane zasendulo
Iqembu labavubukuli eliholwa nguSongmei Hu ovela eShaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology lembula iqoqo lemigodi engamashumi amabili nantathu equkethe imihlatshelo yezilwane zasendulo eduze kwethuna lika-Emperor Wen, okubusa kwakhe kwathatha cishe ngo-180 BC kuya ku-157 BC. Lokhu kutholakala kuchazwe kabanzi ephepheni elifinyeleleka ku- I-China Social Sciences Network isizindalwazi socwaningo.
Phakathi kokutholakele, eceleni kwezinsalela ze-panda enkulu, eyaziwa ngokwesayensi ngokuthi I-Ailuropoda melanoleuca, futhi ama<em>tapir ayeyizinsalela ezilondoloziwe zezidalwa ezihlukahlukene ezinjengama<em>gaur (uhlobo lwenyathi), amahlosi, inkonyane eluhlaza (ngezinye izikhathi ebizwa ngokuthi amaphigogo aluhlaza), ama-yaks, izinkawu ezinamakhala egolide, nama<em>takin, afana nezilwane ezinjengezimbuzi.
Zonke lezi zilwane zangcwatshwa eduze kwethuna loMbusi uWen. Ezinye zalezi zinhlobo zisekhona eShayina, nakuba ezimbalwa zisonqenqemeni lokushabalala.
Nakuba lokhu kutholwa kumelela ubufakazi bokuqala bama-tapir akhona eShayina yasendulo, imibhalo yomlando iye yabonisa ukuba khona kwawo ezweni.
Ubufakazi bama-tapir e-China yasendulo
Okutholwe kwakamuva kuveza ubufakazi obuningi bokuthi ama-tapir ake azulazula kulesi sifunda saseChina. Lokhu kuqonda kuvela kuDonald Harper, uprofesa wekhulu leminyaka wezifundo zesiShayina eNyuvesi yaseChicago. Ngokuphawulekayo, uHarper akazange abambe iqhaza kulolu phenyo olusha.
"Ngaphambi kokutholakala okusha, abukho ubufakazi be-tapir ehlala endaweni yaseChina ngezikhathi zomlando, kusele kuphela izinsalela zangaphambili," ngokusho kukaHarper. Wanezela, “I-tapir ka-Emperor Wen iwubufakazi bokuqala obuqinile bokuba khona kwe-tapir eChina lasendulo ngezikhathi zomlando.”
