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  • adjective Alexandr (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Alexandr's ..."

Etymologies

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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Alexandr.

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Examples

  • Parkinsonia africana, Acacia nebrownii, Boscia foetida, B. albitrunca, and Catophractes alexandri as well as smaller karoo bushes such as Pentzia spp. and Eriocephalus spp. are also typical.

    Namibian savanna woodlands 2008

  • Huge flocks of parakeets, mainly Psittacula alexandri, were recorded by Deignan (1945), and Alexandrine parakeet (P. eupatria) was once widespread.

    Northern Thailand-Laos moist deciduous forests 2008

  • Also present are Zaire clawless otter Aonyx congica, brush-tailed porcupines Atherurus africanus, bongo antelope Tragelaphus euryceros, Sitatunga antelope T. spekei, black-legged mongoose Bdeogale nigripes, black mongoose Crossarchus alexandri, and marsh mongoose Atilax paludinosus.

    Okapi Faunal Reserve, Democratic Republic of Congo 2008

  • Typical canopy tree species include Julbernardia seretii, Cynometra alexandri, Cleistanthus michelsonii, and Klainedoxa gabonensis.

    Okapi Faunal Reserve, Democratic Republic of Congo 2008

  • Two of the endemic bird species - the Cape Verde sparrow (Passer iagoensis) and Cape Verde swift (Apus alexandri) - are widely distributed in these islands and occur on at least nine of the ten major islands.

    Cape Verde Islands dry forests 2008

  • The bird he caught was a black-chinned hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Sarah Werning 2007

  • The bird he caught was a black-chinned hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri.

    Hummingbird! Sarah Werning 2007

  • Endemic mammals include east central African red colobus Colobus badius rufomitratus, Rwenzori black and white colobus C. polykomus ruwenzorii, owl-faced monkey Cercopithecus hamlyni kahuziensis (LR), eastern needle-clawed galago Galago inustus, giant genet Genetta victoriae, aquatic civet Osbornictis piscivora (DD), mountain tree squirrel Funisciurus carruthersi, Alexander's bush squirrel Paraxerus alexandri (LR), Ruwenzori least otter-shrew Micropotamogale ruwenzorii (E) and Maclaud's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus maclaudi (LR).

    Kahuzi-Biéga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo 2009

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