In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Fred Petrij / @ wxs"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>
>The fanciers name will stay Burmese of course, the scientific name for
>the Colourpoint Agouti is Chinchilla Medium. The scientific name for
>the Burmese is Black- or Non-agouti Chinchilla Medium. I'm very sorry
>about that, but we gave it a lot of thoughts and Chinchilla Medium is
>really the most adequate name for this phenotype.
>
I realise that the fanciers names will be different from the proper
names, as already happens with Lilac and Dove etc. However, can't see
people changing the symbol in a hurry, even if they will not be correct
in doing so.
BTW, have you a form of words for the genetic literature page. You
kindly wrote the other summaries, and of course the page now needs
updating! :-)
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Julian
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National Gerbil Society
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