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Table 2. Expected neuter and masculine endings of variable species‐group names derived from their current feminine ending. The endings presented in the table show the exact letters to be substituted. Words that are not found in the feminine form in the Howard & Moore Checklist are not treated here.
FEMININE ending
expected NEUTER
expected MASCULINE
‐fera
‐ferum
‐fer Exceptions 1
‐gera
‐gerum
‐ger Exceptions 2
‐a (other than ‐fera or ‐gera)
Exceptions: aegra | feeble afra | African (‐)altera | another * (‐)atra | dark(‐) * caffra | south African dextra | skilful (‐)nigra | black(‐) * pulchra | beautiful (‐)rubra | red(‐) * sacra | sacred vafra | cunning ‐is
‐um
‐e
Exceptions: acris [F] | sharp alacris [F] | sharp‐winged celeris [F] | swift incelebris [F] | not famous ‐or
‐us
‐is
‐us
Exceptions: = aeger = afer = (‐)alter * = (‐)ater * = caffer = dexter = (‐)niger * = pulcher = (‐)ruber * = sacer = vafer
Exceptions: = acer = alacer = celer = inceleber ‐or
Names that were originally coined with a masculine –ferus ending, such as Florisuga mellivora flabellifera (from Trochilus flabelliferus Gould, 1846), should revert to their original –ferus ending when combined with a masculine genus. See David & Gosselin (2011).
1
Names that were originally coined with a masculine –gerus ending, such as Campethera punctuligera (from Picus punctuligerus Wagler, 1827), should revert to their original –gerus ending when combined with a masculine genus. See David & Gosselin (2011).
2
* Also applies to any compound word that ends with this adjective.
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