ICZN Article 32.5 - incorrect original spellings

[Geoff Read]

> The 3rd edition gives as one of the examples of the application of the
> article the case of Eptesicus douglasi, named after Marion and Athol
> Douglas, which must be corrected to E. douglasorum. In the 4th edition,
> this particular example is missing.
>
> My questions are the following:
>
> - does the grammatically incorrect "douglasi" in that example simply
> constitute an "incorrect latinization"

Actually no. The advice given to me was to the effect that the douglasorum
example was probably an error of judgement to include in the 3rd edition.
The original author could have been linking the species to the Douglas
family name rather than the two individuals, thus douglasi was acceptable
as a latinization, and the updating to douglasorum was always
unnecessary.  This could apply to all such 'corrections'. I wonder whether
one should now change them back  :^)


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