[Babase] unconventional snames...and Cameroon

Niki Learn nlearn at princeton.edu
Mon Nov 23 17:12:37 EST 2009


When working with old data I have sometimes encountered older baboons with
oddball snames that do not fit the current convention of being the first
three letters of the name.  I had started making a list of these so that I
didn't have to look up older individuals all the time to make sure I had the
right sname.  I have just uploaded what I believe to be a complete list to
babase_pending titled "unconventional_snames".  It lists the oddball names
that appear in alphabetical order and includes 7 additional names from
snames_not_in_biog at the bottom.  I thought people might find it a handy
reference when entering older data.

 

While reviewing snames_not_in_biog for unconventional snames, I noticed that
Cameroon is listed in this table with sname CAM.  There is, however, in
fact, a Cameroon in biograph who appears in the unconventional names list.
She was from Proton's group and is listed in biograph as CS1 (pid = CAS1).
I am guessing this is the same baboon and her name did not get fully changed
when she was given a real one but perhaps someone can confirm that?  If that
is the case then we should probably change her sname to CAM (there are no
other CAMs) in biograph and delete her from snames_not_in_biog and
unconventional_snames, yes?

 

Thanks,

Niki

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