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

Etymologies

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

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Examples

  • The Tasmanian devilSarcophilus harrisii is endangered in the wild, due to a highly lethal contagious cancer.

    PHOTOS: Tasmanian Devils Face Extinction The Huffington Post 2011

  • The Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii is endangered in the wild, due to a...

    PHOTOS: Tasmanian Devils Face Extinction The Huffington Post 2011

  • Now the race is on to save another unique Tasmanian - the Devil Sarcophilis harrisii.

    Photographs of Extinct Animals - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • Overriding of the molt-inducing stimulus of multiple limb autotomy in the mud crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii by parasitization with a rhizocephalan.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Overriding of the molt-inducing stimulus of multiple limb autotomy in the mud crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii by parasitization with a rhizocephalan.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Overriding of the molt-inducing stimulus of multiple limb autotomy in the mud crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii by parasitization with a rhizocephalan.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Four of these are endemic to Tasmania including Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii, the world's largest extant carnivorous marsupial.

    Tasmanian Wilderness, Australia 2008

  • Both the thylacine and the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) were once widespread on mainland Australia, but were eliminated before the arrival of Europeans, presumably through competition with the dingo (Canis lupus dingo), which has never been introduced to Tasmania.

    Tasmanian temperate forests 2008

  • The Tasmanian devil (Sacrophilus harrisii) is widespread throughout all of Tasmania, and the extinct Tasmanian thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) once ranged throughout Tasmania as well, in low densities.

    Tasmanian Central Highland forests 2007

  • Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), Tasmania, Australia.

    Tasmanian Central Highland forests 2007

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