Hendricus
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While we're at it, could you correct "Manis crassicaudata est mammalium placentalium insectivorum quod" so it makes sense? What it seems to mean is 'M. c. is an insectivore of the placental mammals (plural), which (i.e., insectivore)'. If that's what you mean and it's the best way to express the concept, OK; but what I was expecting was something along the lines of 'an insectivorous placental mammal'. ¶ Likewise "Manis gigantea est mammalium placentalium insectivorum quod." ¶ Presumably the genitive plural of ''insectivorum'' is ''insectivororum.'' It's not a classical word, so my dictionaries don't help. [[Usor:IacobusAmor|IacobusAmor]] 13:12, 20 Martii 2009 (UTC)
:There are more than 3 million "known" species within living nature, described by thousends of scientists working for hundreds of museums, universities and institutes, i'm not writing it all and i do make mistakes, [[Usor:Hendricus|Hendricus]] 15:58, 20 Martii 2009 (UTC)
::We all make mistakes, so that's not the point; the point is what you're trying to say. I'd fix it myself if I knew what you were trying to say, but I'm unfamiliar with the field, so I can't. As I implied, it ''seems'' a little odd (compared with the style of other reference works), but if it's correct, then it's correct. ¶ However, now I notice that you've deitalicized the name of the genus & the species. Wasn't there a discussion in taberna (or wherever) some time ago in which it was suggested that common names, like "leo," would be set roman (and lowercased), but their scientific binomina, like "''Felis leo,''" in recognition of their special terminological status, would be set italic (with the genus name capitalized)? [[Usor:IacobusAmor|IacobusAmor]] 17:02, 20 Martii 2009 (UTC)
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