Californian Sea Lions at Harderwijk, 01/06/12

[PEDANT]The common name is actually "California sea-lion" rather than "Californian"[/PEDANT]

Phew, now that that's over with. Thanks for the uploads, really enjoying vicariously living your Dutch zoo tour.

Ituri said:

[PEDANT]The common name is actually "California sea-lion" rather than "Californian"[/PEDANT]

Phew, now that that's over with. Thanks for the uploads, really enjoying vicariously living your Dutch zoo tour.

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Now that's a level of pedantry above and beyond! One single letter!

It's still named after the state, n'est pas? We're not talking a Humboldt vs. Humboldt's situation where the whole meaning changes are we?

Incidentally, IUCN (one of the few sources with standardised names for mammals) uses Californian under 'Common Names' but California in the text - so I'm not the only one confused!

I don't know why it's like that, it just is. It's like the Canada Goose, not Canadian Goose.