>Hi Tweets!
>
>I'm doing a paper on Mallards and need some help from any of you who can
>translate latin names. Latin for Mallards is: "Anas platyrhynchos". Can
>anyone translate that for me?
>
>Thanks
>
>Peggi

flat-billed anus?

No, it's actually duck (Anas) with a flat (platy-) nose [bill] (-rhynchos).

And don't forget that >1/2 of all *scientific names* are Greek, so calling
them Latin is often inappropriate.

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416