Talk:Tenrecidae

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Why oh why is the page at Tenrecidae and not Tenrec, the common English name??? 198.54.202.242 (talk) 15:36, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Because there are numerous species of tenrecs, and "Tenrecidae" is more formal than "Tenrec"--Mr Fink (talk) 15:44, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

OK, but Tenrec is satisfactory to describe all Tenrecidae. The consensus appears mostly to be listing under common names - I see Hedgehog, Beaver, Golden Mole, Lemur, and even Macropod as listed by common name and not scientific name; however, I also see Cetacea (and not Cetacean.) Most of the entries under scientific names appear to be where a scientific name refers to a group of animals with members referred to by more than one discrete common name, e.g. Petauridae, Canidae, Felidae, Muridae. To me if anybody wanted to know about Tenrecs in general, they would type in Tenrec and not Tenrecidae. But, it really isn't a big deal, as thanks to re-directs, they end up in the same place. 198.54.202.242 (talk) 16:22, 18 December 2007 (UTC) Oh, ok ignore above. Sorry to waste your time. See there are otter-shrews in the taxon too. Apologies. 198.54.202.242 (talk) 17:43, 18 December 2007 (UTC)