Taxonomy question (2 Viewers)

mattdavis1979

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• Oct 25, 2018

• #1

I would like to know when species in an animal family are stated as "id" or "ine", basically for example, the corvidae family, when are the species classified within this family known as "corvids" and when they are known as "corvines". I have seen both "id" and "ine" in writing a lot over the years but I still do not know when and how either is used.

 

Nutcracker

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• Oct 25, 2018

• #2

AFAIK,
"id" = family
"ine" = subfamily/genus


Personally, I think often ridiculously over-used; why not just 'crow family', etc.

 

mattdavis1979

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• Oct 25, 2018

• #3

Thanks so much. This has had me baffled for a few years. Thanks so much.

 

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James Jobling

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• Oct 25, 2018

• #4

Corvine is a 17th century word meaning "of the crow or raven" or "crow-like"; Corvid is a modern zoological coinage meaning "crow" or "raven" (both from Latin corvus crow). Neither has nomenclatural status.

 

Nutcracker

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• Oct 25, 2018

• #5

James Jobling said:

Neither has nomenclatural status.

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Correct; they are just colloquial names - but they are colloquial names for the scientific names that do have nomenclatural status.


Worth adding that as colloquial names, they are in normal type, not in italics (as sometimes wrongly done, sadly).