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What's in a name? Biologists put a lot of effort into giving a name, but they still come out weird. This is a video about Taxonomy, Scientific Latin, and why we name things. Become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/PhysicsfortheBirds 0:00 Introduction 3:32 Pronunciation 9:52 Taxonomy 14:39 Grammar 21:40 Bad Names 28:06 Why do names matter? General reference, grammar, history, pronunciation: _Botanical Latin,_ William Stearn General reference, grammar, taxonomy: _Describing Species: Practical Taxonomic Procedure for Biologists,_ Judith E. Winston Bird names: _Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names,_ James A. Jobling Pronouncing Latin in Japanese: https://chibakin.la.coocan.jp/gakumei.htm Language in Science: https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.21100 Finch Phylogeny: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1055790311004180 More finch phylogeny: https://www.bird-phylogeny.de/passerine-families/fringillidae/ Non-binary Latin: https://bioone.org/journals/the-bulletin-of-zoological-nomenclature/volume-81/issue-1/bzn.v81.a039/A-suggestion-on-how-to-name-species-honoring-non-binary/10.21805/bzn.v81.a039.short Problems with long names: https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjm-2022-0266 More problems with long names: https://scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2020/10/20/a-new-and-unfortunate-record-the-longest-latin-name/ Pokémon cockroach: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1226861523000262?via%3Dihub Star Wars Wasps: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56199301#page/169/mode/1up More star wars wasps: https://web.archive.org/web/20060721074502/https://www.starwars.com/kids/explore/reallife/f20060628/index.html Salamander Ring Species: https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article-abstract/41/3/273/1676056?redirectedFrom=fulltext Dialect continuum: https://www.let.rug.nl/gooskens/pdf/publ_north_germanic_dialect_continuum_2020.pdf