[Taxacom] most common species names

[Richard Petit]

Yes, and there are also quite a few "omega" but there is only one "Extra 
extra"!

The name "bicolor" was mentioned in this thread.  The Sowerbys managed to 
use this name nine times. Three usages of the name were for species (not 
subspecies or 'varieties') in the same genus!  So much for not needing 
author and date to properly use a name!

dick p.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neal Evenhuis" <neale at bishopmuseum.org>
To: "Kenneth Kinman" <kennethkinman at webtv.net>; "taxacom" 
<taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] most common species names


> Ironically -- on the flipside (least common species names), one would 
> expect uniquus to only have 1, but there are 2 ... and there are 9 "raris" 
> ...
>
> -Neal
>
>
>
> On 1/19/12 5:32 PM, "Kenneth Kinman" 
> <kennethkinman at webtv.net<mailto:kennethkinman at webtv.net>> scribbled the 
> following tidbit:
>
> Hi Michael,
>      Interesting question.  I was a little surprised that the specific
> name "gracilis" is as common as it is.  But on the other hand, I was not
> surprised when searching for "alba", which may be almost as common if
> one includes variants such as albus, albidus, etc.
>              ------------Ken
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Michael Ohl wrote:
> Hi,
> while compiling some statistics on animal names, I tried to find the top
> names, which are most common in zoology.
> A quick taxon search in EOL revealed these numbers for names, which
> immediately came to my mind and which might serve as estimates for the
> true occurence:
> minor: 5540 hits
> major: 3384 hits
> niger: 1341 hits
> I am sure that there are other very common names. Any suggestions?
> Cheers, Michael Ohl
>
>
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