columbianus
Columbianus is a Latin adjectival epithet used in the scientific names of various organisms. In binomial nomenclature, it is appended to a genus name to form a species name, and it typically signals a geographic association with Columbia, the Columbia River region, or Colombia, or occasionally serves as an honorific related to the historical figure Columbus. The epithet is masculine in form (columbianus) and agrees with the gender of the genus; feminine and neuter forms, such as columbiana and columbianum, may be used where grammatically appropriate.
The term columbianus does not refer to a single taxon but to a pattern in naming. It
A well-known example is Urocitellus columbianus, the Columbian ground squirrel, a rodent native to parts of
Users should not treat columbianus as a standalone taxon; rather, it is one element within many species