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"Long 龍" is Mandarin Chinese for "dragon"
by HuShifang 5y ago
"Long 龍" is Mandarin Chinese for "dragon"
- pluc 5y agoDo they often mix latin and chinese - or any other languages?
- GravitasFailure 5y agoChangmiania liaoningensis, named after the Liaoning province, comes to mind, and a trilobite named Han Solo[0] after the Han people of China. There are entire lists named after Harry Potter[1], Tolkien[2], and Pokemon[3]. Scientists are both utter nerds and not terribly stuck on sticking to Latin and Greek for their naming. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_(trilobite) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_(trilobite) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organisms_named_after_the_Harry_Potter_series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organisms_named_after_... [2] http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Species_named_after_Tolkien's_works http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Species_named_after_Tolkien's... [3] https://gamerant.com/species-named-after-pokemon/ https://gamerant.com/species-named-after-pokemon/
- rsynnott 5y agoYes; species names are all over the place. This one at least means something in Latin, which is not always guaranteed. There’s a moth called Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, for instance (similar hair). Looking a bit Latin-y is generally considered sufficient.