Comment on English has too many words for animals
Actionschnils@feddit.org 3 weeks agoAh ok, do you have some easy sources on that? Otherwise Im affraid I need to deep dive into the wikipedia. “Hey Kids, Papa wont be mentally around for a while :|”
Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I recommend a targeted dive into Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leporidae
Roughly halfway down, just above taxonomy, is a graphic of the clade. (True) hares are only in the genus Lepus, the rest may be called hares if they are big but that’s not taxonomy, just language.
Actionschnils@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Thanks! :)