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Re: Human bottlenecks and bird taxonomy (was: Re: "Dinosaurs Died Within Hours...)

To: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: Human bottlenecks and bird taxonomy (was: Re: "Dinosaurs Died Within Hours...)
From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 14:58:02 +0200
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> Now what I'm confused by is why they use Pluvialis apricaria for the
> neognath specifier, and Fringilla domestica as the neoavian specifier.

Weird...
*F. domestica* has become *Passer domesticus*. For Linné, a finch (Latin
fringilla) was a finch!

References:
- Human bottlenecks and bird taxonomy (was: Re: "Dinosaurs Died Within Hours...)
  - From: Eric Martichuski <herewiss13@hotmail.com>
- Re: Human bottlenecks and bird taxonomy (was: Re: "Dinosaurs Died Within Hours...)
  - From: Mickey Mortimer <Mickey_Mortimer111@msn.com>

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