Re: Latin pronunciation puzzle

John Atkinson wrote:

> "Nigel Greenwood" <ndsg_mmii@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote...
>
> >I recently came across a reference to the long-beaked echidna, a
> > montreme confined to the highlands of New Guinea (Niugini).

I meant "monotreme" (was I subconsciously influenced by the context of
"highlands"?).

> > I presume it was discovered & named by the British naturalist David
> > Attenborough, because its scientific name is Zaglossus attenboroughi.
>
> The long-beaked echidna is Zaglossus bruijni, and it was discovered and
> named long before DA happened along (Peters & Doria, 1876) . The new
> species, Z attenboroughi (common name, Cyclops long-beaked echidna), found
> at higher altitudes, was discovered (or rather, split off from Z brujni) in
> 1998 by Tim Flannery, who's a bit of a media whore too, though perhaps not
> so well known to international TV viewers as DA. Unlike DA, he's a real
> zoologist, his most important professional work being on tree kangaroos.
> Did he name his new species after DA? I wouldn't be surprised.

Thanks for the details.

Sorry I mentioned the name of a vulgarisateur. Real scientist or not,
he did at least take the trouble to read zoology & geology at
Cambridge. I'm way out of my depth here zoologically (stand up, the
boy who said "zoo-ologically"!); but given that this is sl I'm still
interested in the answer to my question. Is it Attenborough-guy,
Attenborough-wee, Attenbor-oogy, or what?

Nigel

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