ring-tailed mongoose

Danish translation: ringhalet Madagascar-mangust

23:54 Dec 9, 2008
English to Danish translations [PRO]
Science - Zoology / species name
English term or phrase: ring-tailed mongoose
I think the species name is 'galidia elegans'; all I have come up with is 'mangust' or 'desmerdyr', but I do not know which is more accurate.
Emilie Fahlenkamp
United States
Local time: 04:02
Danish translation:ringhalet Madagascar-mangust
Explanation:
Fundet i Lademanns dyreleksikon

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Note added at 11 hrs (2008-12-10 11:13:17 GMT)
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En mere nutidig stavemåde ville nok være: "ringhalet madagaskarmangust", som antydet i Encyklopædien (5, s. 89, spalte 3).
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Jørgen Madsen
Local time: 10:02
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Det blev til ringhalet Madagascar-mangust, da jeg skulle bruge den helt nøjagtige art. Tak!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1ringhalet Madagascar-mangust
Jørgen Madsen
4 -1desmerdyr
Poul Moller
Summary of reference entries provided
Info om "ring-tailed mongoose"
Mette Melchior

  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
desmerdyr


Explanation:
Jeg mener, det er den mest udbredte betegnelse i DK
Det understøttes i øvrigt af en googling på dansk
375 x mangust, 1460 x desmerdyr

Poul Moller
Local time: 10:02
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mette Melchior: "Desmerdyr" ville være overbegrebet, men her henvises der jo til en bestemt art...
7 hrs

disagree  Jørgen Madsen: det er kun navnet på familien (som omfatter 66 arter)
9 hrs
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ringhalet Madagascar-mangust


Explanation:
Fundet i Lademanns dyreleksikon

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Note added at 11 hrs (2008-12-10 11:13:17 GMT)
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En mere nutidig stavemåde ville nok være: "ringhalet madagaskarmangust", som antydet i Encyklopædien (5, s. 89, spalte 3).


Jørgen Madsen
Local time: 10:02
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Det blev til ringhalet Madagascar-mangust, da jeg skulle bruge den helt nøjagtige art. Tak!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mette Melchior: Godt fundet, Jørgen!
1 day 22 hrs
  -> Jeg har en svaghed for zoologi ;-)
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Reference comments


9 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Info om "ring-tailed mongoose"

Reference information:
Se links for billeder og info.

Jeg ved ikke om dette søde lille dyr fra Madagaskar har noget bestemt navn på dansk, men alt efter hvor præcist det skal være i din tekst kunne du måske komme om det ved at skrive fx "ringhalet desmerdyr".


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-tailed_Mongoose
    Reference: http://www.lioncrusher.com/animal.asp?animal=147
Mette Melchior
Sweden
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Jeanette Brammer: jeg ved ikke, om man kan erklære sig enig, når du ikke har foreslået "ringhalet desmerdyr", men der findes i hvert fald et hit på det navn: http://www.bihrmann.com/rejser/mada-dag.asp
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