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Autodescription — dromedary (Q71516)
description: largest living camelid
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[edit]@MPF: I don't want to fight but I want to understand. Why this, as you call it, "proper name" is used in en:Dromedary without capitalization? I strongly believe that Camelus dromedarius is the proper name, while "dromedary" is a common name for this species. --Infovarius (talk) 13:16, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
- @Infovarius: - because the main cited reference Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals capitalises the English name (and the French, German and Italian names, too). We should follow the scientific references, not make up our own 'rules' based on what English wikipedia says. There are many good reasons for capitalising standard vernacular names; first, to distinguish them from colloquial nicknames with no authoritative standing; second, for clarity (e.g. a Common Tern is not necessarily the same as a common tern: one is the standard English name for the specific taxon Sterna hirundo, the other, any tern that is numerically abundant); third, because it is very often not easy or even impossible to determine whether a vernacular name should be capitalised or not by "traditional" rules (you need to investigate the etymology of the name, often very far from easy): a uniform standard is much easier to carry out. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 18:50, 26 March 2019 (UTC)