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dor beetle (of family Geotrupidae); Geotrupes laevistriatus (species of dor beetle)

horns on rabbits and fur on turtles (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist)

Japanese pond turtle (Mauremys japonica)

Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); mud turtle (Kinosternidae spp.); musk turtle

scarab beetle; sacred scarab (Scarabaeus sacer)

Japanese cockchafer (Melolontha japonica)

leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes

Cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years

Bunki era (1501.2.29-1504.2.30)