Template:Taxon

This experimental template will add a reference to the species name as a floated div. If it shows promise, it will be created as a "proper" template (with /doc, /sandbox, etc.), otherwise it will be quietly deleted. I will experiment with it on this page as well as on pages of Field Notes of Junius Henderson/Notebook 1. Since this is temporarily a taxon definition and sandbox page, use to purge this page after editing it.

Things to do:

1. Continue 'tagging' taxa in Field Notes of Junius Henderson/Notebook 1 until we're sure this is useful.
2. Create another template ({{TaxonLatin}}?) which is identical to this template, except that names are italicized in the inline-box on the right. So people would use {{taxon|Papilionoidea|butterfly}}, but {{TaxonLatin|Panthera tigris|tyger}}. If that makes sense.

Current usage (likely to change very, very quickly):

• {{taxon|Panthera tigris|tyger}} tyger Panthera tigris
• On walking through the zoo, we saw tiger tigers and lion lions and monkey monkeys.

And two disjoined paragraphs:

On walking through the zoo, we saw tiger tigers and lion lions and monkey monkeys. And my personal favourite, Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides!

But the best part was the gazelle gazelles!

See also:

• {{Right sidenote}}

Please discuss this template on its talk page or at Portal:Taxonomy.