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12-28-2006, 11:36 AM
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It's a scrab genus, Scrabanicus (named after the region they were first discovered by zoologists), containing the species tyranni, which we have met, and all other closely related species that may exist, and closely related ancestors now extinct. Trust me, I know about taxonomy, I'm being examined on it in January.

Though, on reflection, that should probably be tyrannus, since tyranni suggests the species was named after someone called Tyrann.
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