The Key to Scientific Names
- chenalopex
L. chenalopex, chenalopeces fox-goose < Gr. χηναλωπηξ khēnalōpēx, χηναλωπεκος khēnalōpekos fox-goose, generally identified as the Egyptian Goose < χην khēn, χηνος khēnos goose; αλωπηξ alōpēx, αλωπεκος alōpekos fox (cf. genus Chenalopex Stephens, 1824, goose) (syn. Alopochen aegyptiaca).
- Chenalopex
L. chenalopex, chenalopeces fox-goose < Gr. χηναλωπηξ khēnalōpēx, χηναλωπεκος khēnalōpekos fox-goose, generally identified as the Egyptian Goose < χην khēn, χηνος khēnos goose; αλωπηξ alōpēx, αλωπεκος alōpekos fox. "Chenalopex, = Anas ægyptiaca Gm., antiquitati bene cognita, ab Aristotele et Ornithologis plerisque antiquis memoratur. Nomen igitur hoc sensu adhibendum, etsi a Moehringio pessime Alcæ impenni datum; qui mos, nostris temporibus, a multis acceptus est" (Sundevall 1873).
● (Anatidae; syn. Alopochen † Egyptian Goose A. aegyptiaca) "CHENALOPEX. SPURWING. ... CHENALOPEX Antiquorum. ... According to Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, the Spur-wing is the Chenalopex, or Vulpanser of the ancients, which was revered by the Egyptians from the great attachment it has for its young; I have therefore applied that name to the genus. ... EGYPTIAN SPURWING. (Chenalopex Ægyptiaca.)" (Stephens 1824); "Chenalopex Stephens, 1824, General Zoology (ed. Shaw), XII (II), p. 40. Type, by monotypy, Chenalopex aegyptiaca, i.e. Anas aegyptiaca Linnaeus, 1766." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Chenelopex, Chenalopen.
● ‡ (Alcidae; syn. Pinguinus † Great Auk P. impennis) "IN bigness it comes near to a tame Goose.” (Ray 1678); “68. CHENALOPEX. Anser Magellanicus & Pinguin. CLVS., WORM., RAI., WILL. Orn. 242. Alcæ species. LINN. ed. 6. gen. 52.” (Moehring, 1752, Avium Genera, p. 65 (pre-Linnaean)); "PINGUIN, in 't Latyn Chenalopex. Magellaanse Gans en Pinguin by CLUSIUS, WORMIUS, RAY, WILLUGHBY. Orn. 242. Onder de Aarsvoeten by LINNÆUS. Syst. Nat. gesl. 52" (Moehring, 1758, Geslachten der Vogelen, p. 53 (rejected work: ICZN Opinion 241 (1954))); "CHENALOPEX. ... D'un autre côté, Moehring a appliqué le nom de chenalopex, comme terme générique, au grand pingouin, alia [sic] impennis, Linn." (Dumont 1817); "Chenalopex "Moehring" Dumont, 1817, Dict. Sci. Nat., VIII, p. 393. Type, by monotypy, Alca impennis Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2023).
Var. Chenalopes.