Strabo

Strabo (Greek: Στράβων Strabōn; 64 or 63 BC – c. 24 AD) was a Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian who lived in Asia Minor during the transitional period of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. He was a well traveled man, and used his experiences to create Geographica, his most important surviving work, completed shortly before his death. Little is known of his personal life, including his full name.

Strabo in "The Maltese Elephant"
The sixth book of Strabo's geography contained an observation of characteristics shared by the elephants and dogs of Malta: "Proketai de tou Pakhynou Melite, hothen ta kynidia te kai elephantidia, ha kalousi Melitaia, kai Gaudos."