*non-avian dinosaurs
(My pedantry is hilarious to ME, probably no one else)
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If things without common names are second-rate, what about things without scientific names? There is a bug I find regularly in my area which only has a genus name as it is undescribed at present. Sample observation from just a couple of days ago:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196182979
Is it third-rate?
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The Amorphous Amorbus
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Funny how, like in your example, common names are sometimes more stable than scientific names.
A decent amount of neotropical birds have Latin names as their common names because they ran out of similar birds to compare them to, or didnāt want to add yet another genus of just āflycatchersā. E.g. euphonias, elaenias, saltatorsā¦
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No, no; two serious armchair paleontologists in this household. Weāve gotten a lot of giggles out of peopleās reactions when taking the nephling to the grocery and them repeatedly asking āweāre getting dinosaur for dinner, right?ā
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Not a problem - I could buy dinosaur noodles.
But Iām vegetarian.
Dinosaur names are acceptable cos theyāre learnt by kids who are too young to realise that they canāt handle Latin names.
Itās only after they grow up and are told that Latin names are too difficult that it becomes a problem.
Gardeners manage fine.
Iāve always been told that [insert taxonomic group here] will never become popular until they are all given English names. But football seems to have caught on without all the players getting English names. (For the benefit of any Americans reading this, Iām talking about proper football here!).
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Ouch. And stated during the NFL playoffs, no less, the most wonderful time of the year. But point taken. American football was never properly named as a sport. Shouldāve been American rugby.
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What class is Bos taurus then?
| Language / Type | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Domestic Cattle | |
| English | Domestic Cow | |
| English | Cow | |
| English | Bull | |
| English | Ox | |
| English | Steer | |
| English | Dairy Cow | |
| English | Beef Cattle | |
| English | Feral Cattle | |
| English | Wild Cattle | |
| English | Long horn | |
| English | Taurine Cattle | |
| English | Bullock | |
| English | Heifer | |
| English | Heck Cattle | |
| English | Hereford | |
| English | Scottish cattle | |
| English | European Cattle | |
| English | Cattle | |
| English | Highland |
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Very popular food?
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