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2 June 1997

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TAPIR TALK   -  2 June 1997   -   Vol. 1, No. 21

Contents of this issue (Special Edition, Spelling Issue)
    1. Tapirs in Portuguese, part I.5
    2. Spelling of "bairdii/bairdi", Part II




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Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 09:49:16 -0500
From: Daniel Hilliard 
To: Tapir 
Subject: Re: Tapir Talk Digest - 30 May 1997 - Vol. 1, No. 20
References: <19970530204917585.AAA262@dialin67.gj.net>

> pronounciation of the vowels). That is "el tapir". The name "danta" I
> belive comes from the Portuguese name "anta". That is "la anta".
> We also call it "el danto" when it's about a male that we're talking
> about.

Translation Correction:

I don't mean to be AR about correct language translations but the 
Brazilian Portuguese word for Tapir is "a anta" not "la anta" as was
previously suggested. Feminine nouns in the Portuguese language begin
with an "a" article not the "la" that is used in Spanish.

Just a little nicety that may prevent us all from looking "muito 
gringo."

Daniel Hilliard
Executive Director--Zoo Conservation Outreach Group (ZCOG)

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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 18:46:29 +0200 (MET DST)
X-Sender: shrewbib@relay.vienna.at (Unverified)
To: Tapir 
From: shrewbib@sorex.vienna.at (The Shrew Site (W.H.))
Subject: Tapir talk: the bairdii problem

Some weeks ago I posted a message to the group regarding the correct
spelling of latinized names in scientific nomenclature (eg Tapirus bairdii
or Sorex bairdii, spelled with two 'i's' although the correct spelling of
the genitiv in latin would be with only one 'i', ie bairdi).

I received an answer from a well-known mammalogist: the rule is that the
name should be spelled according to the first species description, no
matter what the correct spelling is, although not all authors stick to this
rule...

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Dr. Werner Haberl
Hamburgerstr. 11
A-1050 Vienna, Austria
Email: shrewbib@sorex.vienna.at
URL: http://members.vienna.at/shrew   (The Shrew (ist's) Site)
The Shrew Bibliography (> 6000 references)
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