Lions, and Tigers, and...Otters?
Hector Hugh Monru (1870-1916) chose his pseudonym "Saki" after a fictional character who was a cupbearer who was on a "joyous errand" to serve wine to guests in Omar Khayyám's Rubáiyát.
For more information about Saki, check out these articles:
Untameable Saki - One hundred years after Saki's death in the Great War, his stories are still wickedly funny. Written by Fatema Ahmed, Nov 16, 2016 https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/43602/untameable-saki
Saki: My Hero, written by Naomi Alderman. September 14, 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/sep/14/saki-my-hero-naomi-alderman
Saki. By Elizabeth Drew. The Atlantic, July 1940 Issue. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1940/07/saki/654050/
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