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Unusual taxa...
In what would be called my "spare time" if I had any, I have been
working toward a second baccalaureate in marine biology at San Jose
(California) State University. In that context, yesterday I and some
friends were reviewing for the lab final in an upper-division
mammalogy class, and came upon a few taxa not in any of our books. I
thought I would make bold to share them with you; it's enough to make
me greatful for two years of Latin in high school... (ob-dinosaur in
one of them, even so)
Linnean Name Common Name
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1) _Sciurus_arctos_horribilus_ the Grizzley Squirrel
2) _Lasiurus_submariner_ the Squid-eating Bat
3) _Myrmecophaga_enhydra_ the Pelagic Anteater
4) _Loris_velociraptor_ the Fast Loris
5) _Bos_smilodon_ the Saber-tooth Cow (extinct)
6) _Loxodont_pinnaptera_ (..."Dumbo"...)
7) _Mirounga_pogo_ (noted for nasigrade
saltatorial locomotion)
8) _Physeter_catenarius_ the Swaybacked Whale
-- Jay Freeman