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Binomial abbreviations (was: When did T. rex. . .)

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Subject: Binomial abbreviations (was: When did T. rex. . .)
From: kodiak@INETWORLD.NET (T.A. Curtis)
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 06:35:01 -0800
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>>By the way, I think T.rex is the only animal correctly referred to (genus and
>>species as well as scientific abbreviation) by the general public.  Can
>>anyone
>>think of any other???

>Humans certainly aren't, since most people seem to think that _Homo sapiens_
>is the *PLURAL* of "Homo sapien"

   _H. sapiens_ would still be technically incorrect, anyway.  Try _H.
sapiens sapiens_.


T.A. Curtis
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