Inland taipan South Wales, and William John Macleay described the same snake under the name "Diemenia ferox" (thinking it was a different species). No more specimens were collected until 1972. In 1896 George Albert Boulenger classified both as belonging to the same genus, "Pseudechis" (black snakes), referring them as "Pseudechis microlepidotus" and "Pseudechis ferox". In 1956, relying only on published descriptions and notes, James Roy Kinghorn regarded "ferox" as a synonym for "microlepidotus" and proposed the genus "Parademansia". In 1963 Eric Worrell considered "Parademansia microlepidotus" and "Oxyuranus scutellatus" (coastal taipan, named simply "taipan" in those days) to be the same species. In
Panther (legendary creature) creature are pantera, pantere, and love cervere. Usually depicted as a type of cat, the panther was at times depicted in other forms. It was depicted as a donkey, as a composite creature with a horned head, long neck and a horse's body, and as a host of other forms. (The word "panther", in Greek, could be interpreted as "every wild beast", supporting the idea of a composite creature.) This was mostly because those involved did not know what a panther should look like; but, in some instances, this was due to cultural influences. In Germany in particular, the panther