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

Etymologies

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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for the naturalist Alfred Hart Everett.

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Examples

  • Four of these species are considered vulnerable: Sumba buttonquail (Turnix everetti), red-naped fruit-dove (Ptilinopus dohertyi), Sumba boobook (Ninox rudolfi), and Sumba hornbill (Aceros everetti).

    Sumba deciduous forests 2008

  • Notable among these categories are tarsier Tarsius bancanus, Malay Bear Helarctis malayanus, orang utan Pongo pygmaeus, Borneo gibbon Hylobates molloch, grey-leaf monkey Presbytis aygula and red-leaf monkey P. rubicunda and the Bay Cat Catopuma badia, Kinabalu Ferret-badger Melogale everetti.

    Kinabalu Park, Malaysia 2008

  • There are twelve near-endemic and four endemic mammal species, which include the Bornean black shrew (Suncus ater) and Bornean ferret-badger (Melogale everetti) (Table 1).

    Kinabalu montane alpine meadows 2007

  • The Philippine tree shrew (Urogale everetti), which is found on Mindanao, Dinagat, and Siargao islands, represents an endemic, monotypic genus.

    Mindanao montane rain forests 2007

  • The Philippine tree shrew (Urogale everetti), in the order Scandentia, which is found on Mindanao, Dinagat, and Siargao Islands, represents an endemic, monotypic genus.

    Mindanao-Eastern Visayas rain forests 2007

  • Timaliidae Chestnut-crested yuhina Yuhina everetti

    Borneo montane rain forests 2007

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