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3 June 1997

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TAPIR TALK   -  3 June 1997   -   Vol. 1, No. 22

Contents of this issue
    1. Tapir genders in Portuguese
    2. Spelling of "bairdii/bairdi", Part III
    3. Tapir posters, Colombia and Belize



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X-Sender: melcosta@bhnet.com.br (Unverified)
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 01:14:40 -0300
To: Tapir 
From: Elvira Costa 
Subject: Re: Tapir Talk Digest - 29 May 1997 - Vol. 1, No. 19

>The Mountain Tapir poster from Ecuador featured on Sheryl's
>web site has inspired a question about the Spanish language.
>Is the Spanish word for tapir ("la danta") always feminine?  
>In other words, are both male and female tapirs "dantas?"  
>Or is there a male equivalent like "el dante" or "el danto?" 
>
>!Muchas gracias por su ayuda!
>

Hello!!
I'm from Brazil, and here, the Tapir is named "Anta" a feminine name. The
male is Anta too. Not "anto" or something like this.
Maria Elvira Costa
Maria Elvira L. T. costa

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X-Sender: tapir@tapirback.com
To: Tapir 
From: Tapir 
Subject: Re: Tapir Talk
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 14:27:42 -0600

Hello Werner,

Thanks for your information.

>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...

So it looks like the "ii" would be used for Tapirus bairdii if we follow the
lead of this mammalogist. We have:

Elasmognathus bairdii (Gill, 1865)
Tapirus bairdii (Sclater, 1872)
Tapirus (Elasmognathus) bairdi (Sumichrast, 1882)

. . . but the "ii" seems to have been used most often through and including
Hershkovitz, 1954. I'm citing Hershkovitz' own references to the above
papers, because I don't have all of them myself. Gill is credited with the
name, Tapirus bairdii (Gill), by Hershkovitz.

TAPIR POSTERS: With all the talk about the tapir poster, I'd like to
mention that it was developed as part of a project on mountain tapir 
conservation by Dr. Jaime Cavelier and Diego Lizcano at the University 
of the Andes in Bogota, Colombia. A number of them were graciously 
donated to the Tapir Preservation Fund to help raise money in the Gift 
Shop. They now grace homes in the U.S. and Europe, but I also hear 
they were a tremendous success in educating people about these animals 
in Colombia. Sharon Matola mentioned that Baird's tapir posters 
printed and distributed in Belize also had a great effect on public 
awareness. This seems to be an excellent way to get the conservation 
word out!

Sheryl

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