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A list of possible common name errors or issues of names found in the IUCN Red List (2016-2). IUCN data downloaded September 2016 Include actual errors, possible errors, and some special database entry formatting choices that third parties using the data may need to be aware of.

Found spelling errors

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  • Oxynoemacheilus atili (Lake Beyşhehir Loach): Beyşhehir should probably be Beyşehir
  • Palleon nasus (Eiongate Leaf Chameleon): eiongate should be elongate
  • Shorea guiso (dfgadfg): dfgadfg?
  • Selenipedium aequinoctiale (The Equatorial Ocurring Selenipidum): ocurring should be occurring. Also Selenipidum should be Selenipedium. i.e. "Equatorial-occurring selenipedium"

Likely plurals

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Should be listed as singular nouns to conform with the rest of the database.

Names ending with: anchovies, badgers, bats, carps, cats, crabs, fishes, frogs, herrings, mullets, rats, razorback, silversides, snails, snakes, snappers, tetras, toads, treefrogs, wrasses

Separators

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Entries which appear to break the convention of using a comma to separate common names (or have odd formatting along those lines).

  • Scincella monticola "Mountainous Dwarf Skink, Mountain Ground Skink (Walters, 2008)" — name field contains a comma inside parentheses. Trouble for any software which splits common names at commas.

Dot

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No issues found.

Double space

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No issues found.

Apostrophe

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  • Mammillaria grahamii (Graham´s Nipple Cactus) — common name contains acute accent (´), possibly used as apostrophe (')

Question marks

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Common name contains one or more question marks, generally due to Unicode characters which cannot be encoded to the IUCN's export (a non-Unicode CSV file). May indicate the English common name is not English. Also note Bristly Cave Crayfish which contains an odd character which looks like a Latin 'B'.

Symbols

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Numbers

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Redundant the

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  • Disa erubescens (The Rose Disa): Common name begins with 'the' (Probably redundant)

FB

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Names ending in '(fb)'

Species code

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Common names which are actually species codes

All caps

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  • Lepus corsicanus (APPENINE HARE) — all caps name. Suggested: Appenine hare
  • Callionymus whiteheadi (WHITEHEAD'S DEEPWATER DRAGONET) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Whitehead's Deepwater Dragonet"
  • Uropterygius fuscoguttatus (BROWN SNAKE MORAY EEL) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Brown Snake Moray Eel"
  • Meriones tamariscinus (TAMARISK JIRD) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Tamarisk Jird"
  • Mus spretus (WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN MOUSE) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Western Mediterranean Mouse"
  • Lagurus lagurus (STEPPE LEMMING) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Steppe Lemming"
  • Lagurus lagurus (STEPPE VOLE) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Steppe Vole"
  • Lemmus sibiricus (BROWN LEMMING) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Brown Lemming"
  • Lemmus sibiricus (SIBERIAN BROWN LEMMING) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Siberian Brown Lemming"
  • Microtus felteni (BALKAN PINE VOLE) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Balkan Pine Vole"
  • Myodes rutilus (RED VOLE) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Red Vole"
  • Dipus sagitta (NORTHERN THREE-TOED JERBOA) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Northern Three-toed Jerboa"
  • Pygeretmus pumilio (DWARF FAT-TAILED JERBOA) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa"
  • Stylodipus telum (THICK-TAILED THREE-TOED JERBOA) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Thick-tailed Three-toed Jerboa"
  • Spalax arenarius (SANDY MOLE RAT) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Sandy Mole Rat"
  • Spalax microphthalmus (GREATER BLIND MOLE RAT) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Greater Blind Mole Rat"
  • Spalax microphthalmus (GREATER MOLE RAT) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Greater Mole Rat"
  • Myotis mystacinus (WHISKERED MYOTIS) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Whiskered Myotis"
  • Crocidura zimmermanni (CRETAN SHREW) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Cretan Shrew"
  • Crocidura zimmermanni (CRETAN WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Cretan White-toothed Shrew"
  • Sorex antinorii (VALAIS SHREW) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Valais Shrew"
  • Sorex arunchi (UDINE SHREW) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Udine Shrew"
  • Sorex caecutiens (MASKED SHREW) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Masked Shrew"
  • Sorex isodon (TAIGA SHREW) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Taiga Shrew"
  • Sorex tundrensis (TUNDRA SHREW) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Tundra Shrew"
  • Lepus corsicanus (CORSICAN HARE) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Corsican Hare"
  • Pseudocotalpa giulianii (GIULIANI'S DUNE SCARAB BEETLE) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Giuliani's Dune Scarab Beetle"

Odd caps

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Ignoring names starting with: d', De, l', Mac, Mc, Van

Possible plurals

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Names ending in s. Common names are usually listed as singular, but these ones appear to be plural.

Ignoring names ending with: andes, charaxes, cinclodes, diopetes, eros, galaxias, goviós, is, melidectes, mys, ops, 's, seps, ss, steenbras, texas, us. Also ignoring names containing 'of the', such as 'King Of The Breams', and 'de', such as 'Cyprès de l'Atlas'.

Most of these are false positives, but some might possibly be plurals which should be singular.

Species Nova

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Counts:

  • Single quote: 88 — e.g. Schefflera sp. nov. 'nanocephala'
  • Double quote: 9 — e.g. Plerandra sp. nov. "tronchetii"
  • Empty: 11 — e.g. Amomum sp. nov.
  • Other: 17 — e.g. Asparagus sp. nov. A

Symbols in scientific name

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Better language choice available

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The IUCN database has English, French, and Spanish common name fields.

Typos found in binomial names

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Please consider these changes carefully. Please at least list the alternative name as a synonym.

Typos in other scientific names

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  • Anthoceratophyta should be Anthocerotophyta (hornworts)
  • Euphasiacea should be Euphausiacea (krill)

Possibly extinct

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  • Acheilognathus elongatus — not tagged as PE

Stats

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  • 38651 of 82954 species have at least one English common name. (47%)
  • 680 of 2016 subspecies (infraspecies) have at least one English common name. (34%)
  • 39331 of 84970 taxa (species+subspecies) have at least one English common name. (46%)
  • 59582 total species common names
  • 1076 total subspecies common names
  • 60658 total common names