Why is Mij’s species now known to the world as Maxwell’s otter?
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Explanation: Otter are semi aquatic fish eating mammals of the weasel family with a long body, dense fur and webbed feet. It has four legs.
Otters are of a race previously unknown to science and people. People did not recognize the animal which Maxwell had kept as his pet in London. They kept on making random guesses because it was a sort of unknown creature to them.
Maxwell`s neighbors in London thought Mij, the Otter to be a beaver, a seal, a baby leopard, a squirrel and what not. So finally it came to be called as Maxwell`s Otter.
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Maxwell’s Otter was unknown by the scientist earlier. When "Maxwell’s dog" died he became sad. During Maxwell’s journey his friend told him to get an Otter from the marshes which are mainly found in Iraq. After few days he received a gift from friend and it was an Otter. Maxwell named him Mij. Later Maxwell’s Mij was named by the zoologist "Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli" or it was also known as Maxwell’s Otter.