[lojban-beginners] Help with gerku

[Christopher Doty <suomichris@gmail.com>]

It occurred to me yesterday that I'm not sure how to use gerku:

x1 is a dog/canine/[bitch] of species/breed x2

I'm wondering about the "species" designation for the x2 place--my impression is that "dog" refers to a specific (sub) species: Canis lupus (familiaris), meaning that the x2 slot would only really be about breeds, and not species, since the species would be redundant.  Is "dog" here actually referring a higher-level classification, like Canis or Canidae?  Can a coyote be properly referred to as "gerku?"  A fox?  Or is "gerku" just for domesticated dogs?

Thanks!

.kris.

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