og rad ent ia ▁as ▁though ▁Ste iner ' s ▁account ▁were ▁true , ▁though ▁it ▁is ▁unclear ▁how ▁many ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁continued ▁and ▁popular ized ▁the ▁jo ke ▁did ▁so ▁intention ally . ▁W ulf ▁An k le ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁order ▁" is ▁not ▁a ▁po etic ▁in vention , ▁but ▁has ▁really ▁lived ". ▁Er ich ▁von ▁Hol st ▁celebrated ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁" a ▁completely ▁new ▁animal ▁world ". ▁Tim othy ▁E . ▁Law lor ' s ▁widely ▁read ▁text book ▁Hand book ▁to ▁the ▁Or ders ▁and ▁Famil ies ▁of ▁Living ▁M amm als , ▁includes ▁an ▁entry ▁for ▁Rh in og rad ent ia ▁that ▁does ▁not ▁acknow ledge ▁its ▁fict ional ▁nature . ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁Le igh ▁Ch ad wick ' s ▁English ▁translation , ▁an ▁abbre vi ated ▁version ▁ran ▁in ▁the ▁April ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁edition ▁of ▁Natural ▁History , ▁a ▁magazine ▁published ▁by ▁the ▁American ▁Museum ▁of ▁Natural ▁History . ▁It ▁compr ised ▁material ▁from ▁the ▁book ' s ▁introduction , ▁first ▁chapter , ▁selected ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁gener a , ▁and ▁the ▁ep ilog ue , ▁and ▁was ▁presented ▁as ▁the ▁lead ▁story , ▁without ▁qual ification , ▁by ▁the ▁normally ▁serious ▁publication . ▁The ▁following ▁month , ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁ran ▁a ▁story ▁about ▁the ▁sn ou ters ▁on ▁the ▁front ▁page , ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Natural ▁History ▁article . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁magazine ' s ▁editor ial ▁director , ▁they ▁had ▁"