http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/24/k-is-for-kileskus/ A science salon hosted by National Geographic Magazine Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:57:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2-alpha http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/24/k-is-for-kileskus/#comment-37722 BJ Nicholls Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:47:18 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=148636#comment-37722 I wonder how “Kileskus” is pronounced? Apparently “kileskĭ” means “lizard” in the Khakas language, which is a Turkic tongue. So many taxonomic names are a puzzle to pronounce, I’m surprised that few papers provide help.

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