Talk:Long-tailed pangolin
Latest comment: 4 years ago by 95.122.46.190 in topic Gender agreement
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Gender agreement edit
Since the specific name tetradactyla comes from the Greek adjective tetradaktylos, the Latinized form is still an adjective. Consequently, Manis tetradactyla is correct (since Manis is a Neo-Latin formation by Linnaeus who treated it as feminine - although strictly speaking it should be masculine) but Phataginus tetradactyla is not, since Phataginus is masculine (2nd Latin declension, ending in -us). This name should be corrected to Phataginus tetradactylus. --95.122.46.190 (talk) 17:44, 28 February 2020 (UTC)