[OFF-LIST[ Re: (Ron) Natural Man [drifting inexorably off topic]
Achilles Sophia achillesz@usa.net
Thu, 24 Sep 1998 16:55:42 -0400 (00906688542, 20554232528491@cfagroup.com)
>Hello, Achilles!
>
>At 04:01 PM 9/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
>><snip>
>>SJANE
>>>The USDA agrees with your classification. I work at a veterinary
>>>hospital and occasionally fill out health certificates for the
>>>transport of dogs and cats and one of the catagories of animals that
>>>are legal to transport are non-human primates. I've always found that
>>>to be very interesting.
>>>
>>ACHILLES
>>Actually they don't. It's a minor point I suppose, but there is no
>>disagreement about humans being primates. The argument was as to proper
>>classification within the primate sub-order of anthropoids.
>>
>>Primates are divided into two suborders: Prosimii (including the most
>>ancient forms, Lemurs, tree-shrews, and Tarsiers; and Anthropoidae.
>>Anthropoidae is then split into 5 Families, each of which contains several
>>geni, each of which contains at least one species. They are;
>
>
>CREA
> Tiniest of quibbles -- I have always been told that the plural of genus
>was genera (or, at a lower level of erudition, "genuses"), and I have only
>encountered the form "geni" in your postings. Do you know something I don't?
>
ACHILLES
I was taught to use genera as well, you are probably correct. Genuses is
definately not correct. Geni may or may not be acceptable, I am not sure, I
would defer to Nancy Todd on this issue, as she has demonstrated vastly
superior knowledge of latin. Had I thought about it I probably would have
written genera - what can I say, I was in a hurry :')
Achilles
"...we are not simply contending in order that my view or that
of yours may prevail, but I presume we ought both of us to be
fighting for the truth..."
from Philebus, the Dialogues of Plato