Part II Scientific Authority for common names of wildlife species and capitalization rules.

Sources used by COSEWIC for determining the appropriate common names and scientific names for wildlife species. The list is organized according to taxonomic group.

Note that COSEWIC adopted the following rule for capitalization of common names: For English common names, the first letter in each word of the common name should be capitalized. For French common names, use lower case, except for bird names: the first letter should be capitalized for the first word of the name, any proper nouns, and after specific qualifiers (e.g., “Heron” in “Grand Heron”).

Taxonomic group

Authority for naming wildlife species

 

 

English

French

Amphibians

J.Boundy, F.T. Burbrink, J.A. Campbell, B.I. Crother, K. de Queiroz, D. R. Frost, R.Highton, J.B. Iverson, F. Kraus, R.W. McDiarmid, J.R. Mendelson III, P.A. Meylan, T.W. Reeder, M.E. Seidel, S.G. Tilley, and D.B. Wake. 2008. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in our Understanding. 6th edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Herpetological Circular No. 37.

Liste de la faune vertébrée du Québec @
http://www3.mrnf.gouv.qc.ca/faune/vertebree/

Arthropods
  1. Butterflies: Layberry, R.A., P.W. Hall and J.D. Lafontaine. 1998. The Butterflies of Canada. University of Toronto Press Incorporated, Toronto, Ontario.
  2. Moths: Provided as necessary by Co-chair and subcommittee of the Lepidopterans and Molluscs Specialist Group.
  3. Tiger beetles:  Pearson, DL, Knisley, CB, and Kazilek, CJ. 2006. A field guide to the tiger beetles of the United States and Canada. Oxford University Press, 227pp.
  4. Dragonflies: Catling, P. M., R. A. Cannings and P. Brunelle. 2005. An Annotated Checklist of the Odonata of Canada. Bulletin of American Odonatology 9(1):1-20. 
  5. Other arthropods: In all cases: newly coined common names should be submitted to the Entomological Society of Canada’s common names committee as soon as they are decided upon by the report writer.

Expertise of Jean-François Landry (member of the Arthropods Specialist Subcommittee)

Birds

American Ornithologist’s Union. 1998. Check-list of North American Birds. 7th Edition. American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, DC.
  1. Commission internationale des noms français des oiseaux.  1993.  Noms français des oiseaux du monde, 1ère éd.  Editions MultiMondes, Sainte-Foy, Québec. (http://www.orni.to/cinfo/)
  2. Liste de la faune vertébrée du Québec @
    http://www3.mrnf.gouv.qc.ca/faune/vertebree/

 

Freshwater Fishes

Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea, and J.D. Williams. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 6th edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland.

  1. Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea, and J.D. Williams. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 6th edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland.
  2. Coad, B.W. 1995. Encyclopedia of Canadian fishes. Canadian Museum of Nature and Canadian Sportfishing Productions Incorporated.
  3. For French names not found in the Nelson et al. 2004, consult: Liste de la faune vertébrée du Québec @
    http://www3.mrnf.gouv.qc.ca/faune/vertebree/

Lichens
  1. Brodo, I.M., S.D. Sharnoff and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut;
  2. Various other sources as necessary.

Expertise of Marc Favreau of the Montreal Translation Bureau.

Marine Fishes

Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea, and J.D. Williams. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 6th edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland.

  1. Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea, and J.D. Williams. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 6th edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland.
  2. For French names not found in the Nelson et al. 2004, consult: Liste de la faune vertébrée du Québec @
    http://www3.mrnf.gouv.qc.ca/faune/vertebree/

Marine Mammals

Perrin, W.F., B. Würsig, B., and J.G.M. Thewissen, eds. 2009. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Discretion of the Co-chairs.

Liste de la faune vertébrée du Québec @
http://www3.mrnf.gouv.qc.ca/faune/vertebree/

Molluscs
  1. Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. Second edition. American Fisheries Society Spec. Publ. No. 26 (includes freshwater, marine and terrestrial molluscs).
  2. Clarke, A.H. 1981. The Freshwater Molluscs of Canada. National Museum of  Natural Sciences, National Museums of Canada. 446 pp.

Martel, André, J-M. Gagnon, M. Gosselin, A. Paquet et I. Picard. 2007. Liste des noms français révisés et des noms latins et anglais à jour des mulettes du Canada (Bivalvia: Familles: Margaritiféridés, Unionidés). Naturalist Canadian 131(2): 79-84

Mosses
  1. Scientific names: Anderson, L.E. 1990. A checklist of Sphagnum in North America north of Mexico. Bryologist 93:500-501; Anderson, L.E., H.A. Crum and W.R. Buck. 1990. List of mosses of North America north of Mexico. Bryologist 93:448-499.
  2. Common names: from Evansia (Parts 1-11, Vol. 6-11) or based on expertise of René Belland.

Expertise of Marc Favreau of the Montreal Translation Bureau.

Reptiles

J.Boundy, F.T. Burbrink, J.A. Campbell, B.I. Crother, K. de Queiroz, D. R. Frost, R.Highton, J.B. Iverson, F. Kraus, R.W. McDiarmid, J.R. Mendelson III, P.A. Meylan, T.W. Reeder, M.E. Seidel, S.G. Tilley, and D.B. Wake. 2008. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in our Understanding. 6th edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Herpetological Circular No. 37.

Liste de la faune vertébrée du Québec @
http://www3.mrnf.gouv.qc.ca/faune/vertebree/

 

Terrestrial Mammals

Wilson, D.E., and D.M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. 2,142 pp.
Discretion of the Co-chairs.

Liste de la faune vertébrée du Québec @
http://www3.mrnf.gouv.qc.ca/faune/vertebree/

Vascular Plants
  1. Flora of North America [for up-to-date taxonomic treatments, if published]. Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds.  1993+.  Flora of North America North of Mexico.  12+ vols.  New York and Oxford.  Vol. 1, 1993; vol. 2, 1993; vol. 3, 1997; vol. 4, 2003; vol. 5, 2005; vol. 19, 2006; vol. 20, 2006; vol. 21, 2006; vol. 22, 2000; vol. 23, 2002; vol. 25, 2003; vol. 26, 2002.
  2. ITIS. Integrated Taxonomic Information System [for species not yet revised in FNA]. Website Citation: http://www.itis.gov/
  3. Wild Species Canada 2005: The general status of species in Canada [only for common names of species. This data source only provides common names at the species level. Website citation: http://www.wildspecies.ca/wildspecies2005/search.cfm?lang=e&sec=9
  4. The subcommittee may adopt a treatment in a current published scientific paper if it supercedes the FNA treatment or if an FNA treatment is not yet available.

Expertise of Marc Favreau of the Montreal Translation Bureau.