No, in Latin America Spanish is spoken, therefore they are called by their Spanish names. Latin is used by scientists to identify animals because the language is no longer evolving.
A 'dead' language was needed, so that there could be no doubt about the names - there are pet names and official names for animals in most languages, so it can be hard to get a good translation from one modern language into several other modern languages. Latin was the chosen dead language because it was and is quite well known by educated people in Europe, which was the base for scientific development at the time.
The more closely related the animals, the more classification levels (Latin names) they will have in common.
Some animals known by their Latin names include the lion (Panthera leo), domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris), and the house cat (Felis catus). These Latin names are used in scientific classification.
scientists use latin terms to name an object.
All scientists recognize this language.
Most of the scientific names for animals are derived from Latin language. Latin is, however, considered a dead language.
There are far too many animals in latin America to be able to write all of there names down
So that it would be easy to research and identify them. :)
turtle dove Most animals have at least two names, their common name that we all know them by and their scientific or Latin name.
Scientists use chemical symbols to abbreviate element names. These symbols are usually one or two letters, derived from the element's name in English, Latin, or another language. For example, the symbol for gold is "Au" from the Latin word "aurum".
Translating animals names into the Latin language can be hard. The Latin names for elephant are as follows; elephanti, elephas, belua, bos lucas, elephantus, ebur, elefantus, elephasus, and bellua.