[Taxacom] ordering of species in lists

[Fred Schueler]

Taxacomers,

I don't suppose there's anything any of us can do about this, but I 
wonder if others have thoughts about the tendency, at least in Canada, 
to list species in the most irrational possible order, given the way 
adjectives precede the the noun in English. I've seen situations like 
having the Adolphan Chorus Frog and Zealandan Chorus Frog at opposite 
ends of a list, despite their being only doubtfully distinct species.

fred schueler.
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Subject: Re: Fwd: [GA List] FW: Updated SAR in Ottawa list
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:47:44 -0400
From: Fred Schueler <bckcdb at istar.ca>

Quoting Owen Clarkin <wrecsvp at gmail.com>:

>  Species within each taxonomic group are now listed in
> alphabetical order by common name, in keeping with the typical approach
> used on the provincial and federal SAR [Species at Risk] web pages.

* let's find out whose idea this was...

fred.
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