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I'm sure you all know the rules for a revolving quiz.
This one just deals with names. A name in a different language, the genus name etc and we have to guess what it is in english.

Felis sylvestris is...

Wild Cat? a.k.a. Pardus' daugther [size=12]a compliment, may I say![/size]

Over to you sioux

Okey dokey
Elephantulus intufi?

bushveld elephant-shrew??

Great quizz WAC - I will abide by the Forum etiquette of granting 24 hours grace to accommodate our our international friends ... so keep going!

Well done, it is a the Bushveld Elephant Shrew.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: Macroscelididae
Genus: Elephantulus
Species: E. intufi
Over to you Jonty1 - one (amongst many) of our most enthusiastic Boffins.

Thanks Sioux

Aepyceros melampus
1. Identify this animal (common name)
2. From what language of origin
3. Give me the break down of this scientific name

Hi there,

1.) Impala
2.) Zulu
3.) Aepyceros melampus - Greek aipos "high" ceros "horn" + melas "black" pous "foot"



Btw - nice quiz

Sorry everyone

well done pumbaa

Thanks Jonty,

here is the next one:

Terathopius ecaudatus

1.) ID the animal - the English name please
2.) From what does the animal got this name?
3.) Do you know more names for this animal?
4.) Do you know a myth about this animal?

Good luck

1. Bateleur
2."Bateleur" is French for "tight-rope walker" also the bird on the Zimbabwean emblem.
3.Afrikaans: Berghaan
Some african countries:Conifer Eagle and Pine Eagle
4.?????

1 - 3 as Boabab said

4 - the shona people believe that the Chapungu Bird is a good omen. The Chapungu is a Bateleur

1) Bateleur eagle
2) The name describes the bird’s characteristic habit of tipping the ends of its wings when flying or its distinctive aerial acrobatics during the nuptial aerial display .
3) Conifer Eagle or Pine Eagle
4) for the myth ?? .... something in relation with the " Chapungu Bird" from the Shona tribu ? The Shona people believe that the bird is a good omen and bring protection and good fortune.

..oeps .. sorry .. too late ... I agree ...

1.) Bateleur
2.) The bateleur's name, given by the eighteenth century French naturalist LeVaillant, loosely translates as "tumbler" or "tightrope-walker" and undoubtedly refers to the rocking motion of its flight or the aerobatic maneuvers it sometimes performs
3.) Berghaan, Chapungu (Shona word for the Bateleur eagle)
4.) For the Shona people it’s a mythical bird, it’s a protecting bird, it’s a spirit bird, it’s a bird which the Shona revere and depict over and over again in their sculptures. So, its a very important omen much like the Native Americans revere the bald eagle in Africa and in Zimbabwe they revere the Bateleur eagle, the Chapungu. The Zulus and other peoples of South Africa link bateleur with battles and the ensuing carnage. One of their names for the bateleur translates as "eater of the warriors," which could be more factual than symbolic.