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When referring to a species no longer existing in a region, it is usually referred to as being extirpated. The title taken literally, claims Malaysia has announ
by ghastmaster 7y ago
When referring to a species no longer existing in a region, it is usually referred to as being extirpated. The title taken literally, claims Malaysia has announced the species extinct, when in fact, it is not. It has been extirpated.
- hhas01 7y agoIt’s the BBC News site, not a top-tier zoology journal. Given the one thing rarer than the Sumatran rhino is popular press readers who know what “extirpated” is, “Extinct in $location” is entirely appropriate phraseology. #KnowYourAudience
- ghastmaster 7y agoThe title originally posted on hacker news was reflective of my original comment. BBC did not use the term extinct in their headline, but in the bold preface of the article. I appreciate and expect esoteric language in hacker news. I suspect the audience here does as well.