Timotheus of Gaza ( el, Τιμόθεος ὁ Γαζαῖος), sometimes referred to as Timothy of Gaza, was a Greek

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active during the reign of Anastasius, i.e. 491–518. He is the author of a book on animals which may have been one of the sources of the Arabic ''Nu'ut al-Hayawan''. He also wrote a work in four volumes titled ''Indian Animals or Quadrupeds and Their Innately Wonderful Qualities or Stories about Animals'' that survives only in an 11th-century prose summary. This prose summary was a very popular school text, and includes accounts of the giraffe, tiger, and other animals.

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