Assertion: philippine eagle | /r/Synonym | monkey-eating eagle
Facets:
value: upon its scientific discovery
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Earlier beliefs suggested that the Philippine eagle was also known as the monkey-eating eagle because it preyed on monkeys.
text: Upon its scientific discovery, the Philippine eagle was first called the monkey-eating eagle because of reports from natives of Bonga, Samar, where the species was first discovered, that it preyed exclusively on monkeys; from these reports it gained its generic name, from the Greek pithecus (πίθηκος) ("ape or monkey") and phagus (-φάγος) ("eater of").
text: The Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), also known as the monkey-eating eagle or great Philippine eagle, is an endangered species of eagle of the family Accipitridae which is endemic to forests in the Philippines.