These rodents of the Plains received their name because they "bark" like canines
[DOC] [TLE] Pastore Maremmano-Abruzzese - Wikiquote [PAR] As there are, then, two sorts of dogs  the hunting-dog suited to chase the 
beasts ... they be of good breed; accordingly they receive their names from the 
districts ... "The food of dogs is more like that of man than that of sheep: they eat 
scraps of .... a white dog because it is unlike a wild beast, and sometimes a plain 
means of... [DOC] [TLE] Do Rescue Names Play A Role In Which Dogs Are Adopted?