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ScottMaurer19 wrote:Per a rule FAQ we will NOT have to identify individual species. I'm assuming this still means we will need to be able to identify prominent species, species that have a special conservation status, etc.

Froggie wrote: if two species has different information, which one should we put?

varunscs11 wrote:

gavinnupp wrote:
I noticed that it says "or" rather than "and" in reference to a binder and field guide. In previous taxonomy competitions I believe both have been allowed simultaneously; teams would be allowed to have a binder AND a field guide. Why the change?

I'm guessing the national committee wants to change the way ID events are done. I mean for biologic ID events it was always 1 sheet of notes and a field guide but they changed that with invasives because there was no field guide. I'm guessing they liked how the event turned out with the binder and want to change the strategy for ID events. The only events that used to have the field guide and binder were the geologic ID event and in 2017 they got rid of the field guide for rocks. Personally, I think it's a very interesting change to the rules because now teams have to decide which resource they want to use and how they are going to deal with the shortcomings of each resource.

heyimben wrote:I know it says that the national competition will be using the national list but what about the other competitions?

whovian11 wrote:What is the best way to study, other than make a binder and do identification?

alli_burnett wrote:So on the official list, it gives the Class, Order, Family. and (some) genus. If there is a station about the Family Alligatoridae (alligators and caiman), would the test be able to ask questions about species, like ask questions specifically about the American Alligator? I think the rules try to clarify this, but I am still a little confused, so if anybody could clear that up, that would be great.

Froggie wrote:

alli_burnett wrote:So on the official list, it gives the Class, Order, Family. and (some) genus. If there is a station about the Family Alligatoridae (alligators and caiman), would the test be able to ask questions about species, like ask questions specifically about the American Alligator? I think the rules try to clarify this, but I am still a little confused, so if anybody could clear that up, that would be great.

They aren't supposed to, but you should probably still learn about each species as much as you can. You never know what'll happen.

ScottMaurer19 wrote:

Froggie wrote:

alli_burnett wrote:So on the official list, it gives the Class, Order, Family. and (some) genus. If there is a station about the Family Alligatoridae (alligators and caiman), would the test be able to ask questions about species, like ask questions specifically about the American Alligator? I think the rules try to clarify this, but I am still a little confused, so if anybody could clear that up, that would be great.

They aren't supposed to, but you should probably still learn about each species as much as you can. You never know what'll happen.

Problem there is that there are hundreds if not thousands of species in total included on the official list. The FAQ that said we would not have to know any species (except in the case of identifying sounds and probably other prominent species) so in theory we should almost never face a test question based upon a species.