Taxonomical mnemonics #2

Ok, I'll do one more mnemonic. We found that humor worked best, and ridiculousness. We dialed this last mnemonic in finally the last hour before the test. Sure enough, we had a specimen and had to I.D. it. No way I would have remembered if it weren't for this.

This cute little dude (though I think of them as dudettes) is the Deer Mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus. We didn't have anything to go on. We had to reach, and create another storyline/character to make it stick.

This Dear (deer) mouse (myscus, don't ask me why but it worked) thought she was a dog (perro), so went to go get a manicure (maniculatus). Keeping maniculatus from turning into manipulatus in our heads was key here... that just kept happening.

Somehow, that scored me a few points on the practicum.

Enjoy figuring out what works, no matter how weird,

Bp