Nhandu genus...origins of genus name

Dave Shinn

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Nhandu genus...origins of genus name

25-10-10, 12:36 PM

This may or may not be of interest to people, but I was blown away by it. I got a Nhandu chromatus last week, and as I like to name my spiders using words that describe them from the native languages of their country of origin I was doing some research in to the languages of the indigenous tribes of Brazil, when I stumbled across the word for spider in one of the languages...nãndu

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James Box

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28-05-14, 09:33 AM

that's awesome, i was wondering where that came from.
I love this genus: they are big, fluffy and really striking spiders. Also crazy, but i try not to judge

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