Language for taxonomic names, redux

[Kent Karlsson]

Den 2017-03-01 18:00, skrev "Luc Pardon" <lucp at skopos.be>:

>    As a matter of fact, "homo sapiens" is also in the Dutch "red book"
(the
> official 2005 spelling wordlist). It even lists the plural
("homines
> sapientes"). Same for "homo erectus" (homines erecti) and
"homo ludens"
> (homines ludentes).


Hmm. Since these are /names/ of /entire species/ (not individuals), I
don't think it is appropriate to pluralise these names in any language.

So, "We found remains of three [individuals of [the species]]
/Homo erectus/", NOT "We found remains of three /homines erecti/".
(Brackets mean that the part may be omitted, and taken as understood.)

(This nit is of course not relevant for accepting a subtag for such names.)

/Kent K