If a subspecies ID is given then below the ID it will say ‘a member of [family common name] (Family [family scientific name])’. I don’t believe this is the most useful information and often the more useful info would be the species name. I believe that overall more people remember the common names o…

Under subspecies ID give the species name instead of family

thomaseverest August 5, 2021, 6:37pm 6

Yes, that could work. But it would also have to accommodate users who have turned off common names, in which case it should only show “a member of (family)”. Things start to get messy with those different preferences.

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