Indeed they have. Over to you Tim...
Zoochat Wildlife Quiz
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Continuing with the South American theme, name three South American species, all named after the same person, who was sentenced to jail for tax evasion.
Plenty named after Humboldt, but don’t think he was a tax evader; didn’t know Thoreau was and had been jailed, but don’t think he has 3 species named after him....
Neither Humboldt nor Thoreau....
Given the lack of response to this question, I guess it's time to give a hint.
I'll probably now make it too easy but think of small freshwater fishes, frequently kept in home aquariums.
Labeobarbus axelrodi, Corydoras axelrodi and the Cardinal tetra are among species named after Herbert Axelrod.
Indeed, I was looking for three species
named after Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod (although, of the three you mention, Labeobarbus is African not South American).
I was actually thinking of the following;
- Axelrod's corydoras Corydoras axelrodi
- cardinal tetra Paracheirodon axelrodi
- black neon tetra Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
Which Latin American tetrapod genus was split into 8 in 1944, to the dismay of pun-lovers everywhere?
Just to help, the genus still exists, but the two pun species were transferred to different genera.
It’s a Herptile genus....
And both specific epithets end in the letter -x.
The species were rex and complex.
That’s the one; Oedipus still exists, but Rex and complex have been separated off into other genera like Oedipina. Your turn to set a question..
Both species were described by alumni of Merchant Taylor’s School.
Correct, of course - the naturalists in question being John Latham and G. R. Gray.
(Incidentally, Clarke Abel - who scientifically described the Tibetan antelope and was the first Westerner to discover the Sumatran orang-utan - was also an alumnus of Merchant Taylors'.)
Your turn...
(Incidentally, Clarke Abel - who scientifically described the Tibetan antelope and was the first Westerner to discover the Sumatran orang-utan - was also an alumnus of Merchant Taylors'.)
Your turn...
Which bird found in Panama, Ecuador and Colombia is a geographical outlier of an otherwise Old World group?
The sapayoa Sapayoa aenigma.
Its specific name reflects the fact that its ancestry is a puzzle as it is more closely related to old world birds than other new world birds.
Spot on, your turn Tim...