Disputatio:Simia

Barbary apes[fontem recensere]

The following sentence from en:wiki is about the English names "ape", "monkey" and "Barbary ape".

Tailless monkeys may be called "apes", incorrectly according to modern usage; thus the tailless Barbary macaque is called the "Barbary ape". Simia sine cauda Hominoidea male vocari potest sensu hodierno; sic ita macaque barbaria vocatur "Hominoidea Barbaria".

I took out that Latin sentence. It is true to say that the Barbary macaque is called a Barbary ape, but it is false to say that macaque barbaria is called Hominoidea Barbaria. Nobody calls it that. We have to try to say things that are true :) The Latin name of that species is Macaca sylvanus, and there is nothing incorrect about it. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 15:37, 23 Augusti 2014 (UTC)[reply]

De nominibus et nexibus[fontem recensere]

An oportet commentationem nostram "Simiiformes", loco "Simiae", inter myriada inserere? De Simiiformibus multa dicenda sunt. De simia pauca dicere possumus, quia antiqui paucas species huius infraordinis cognoverunt. Fortasse oportet paginas coniungere, sed fortasse Simiam retinere, si enumerare possumus quas species sub hoc nomine Romani comprehendebant. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 08:55, 24 Augusti 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nemo disputavit. Conabor ergo hanc paginam augere, sicut iam proposui; quo facto, capsam taxinomicam delebo, quia "Simia" non est taxon. Recte? Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 08:49, 21 Octobris 2020 (UTC)[reply]