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Niko, James et al. This does seem bizarre and amusing at first but I notice that all the name changes involve subspecies and changes of combination. As such it looks to me at least possible that there is no legalistic violation of the ICZN rules. This leaves the suspicion that this is being done by a taxonomist of sorts, and deserves to be properly condemned. The name changes: Red fox known as Vulpes Vulpes Kurdistanica becomes Vulpes Vulpes Wild sheep called Ovis Armeniana becomes Ovis Orientalis Anatolicus Roe deer known as Capreolus Capreolus Armenus becomes Capreolus Cuprelus Capreolus Jeremy Young > >> The BBC News website has an interesting article today (8 March 2005) about > >> the government of Turkey wanting to change the Latin species names of some > >> living organisms to remove references to Kurdistan & Armenia for > >> political purposes. > >> > >> An intriguing (and unique?) violation of ICZN rules! Does anyone know of > >> other examples of this sort of thing? > >> > >> The article can be found at the following web address: > >> > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4328285.stm > >> > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> James St. John > >> > >> stjohn.2@osu.edu -- Dr. Jeremy R. Young Head of Micropalaeontology Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5286 Palaeontology Dept. Fax: +44 (0)20 7942 5546 The Natural History Museum Email: j.young@nhm.ac.uk LONDON, SW7 5BD, UK http://www.nhm.ac.uk/palaeontology/micro/micro.html http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/ina http://www.lymeregisfossilfestival.co.uk/ http://www.es.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/micropal/UCL-NHM_MSc.html
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