Talk:African golden cat

Latest comment: 2 years ago by BhagyaMani in topic Species name depends on genus gender

Picture?

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This article needs a picture not under copyright protection. One taken at a zoo would be fine. Any takers? Seduisant (talk) 23:40, 20 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

Which zoos have any?

In the wild photos

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Apparantely only photographed twice in the wild: [1]. 75.41.110.200 (talk) 17:36, 16 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Aberdare

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The article on the Aberdare Range says that the African Golden Cat occurs in Kenya. This is in the map, which also has it in Tanganyika, of places near-by. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.139.66.120 (talk) 12:21, 13 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Subspecies

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The subspecies do not agree entierly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.139.94.216 (talk) 12:40, 13 April 2011 (UTC) The species is called Felis auratus, Caracal aurata and Profelis aurata. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.139.116.7 (talk) 12:49, 13 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Genus Profelis

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Since the Wiki standard for Mammal taxonomy is the MSW3, its entry on this cat still identifies it as Profelis aurata. Until MSW revises its entry, Profelis it is. --Seduisant (talk) 02:43, 2 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

I didn't make the edit myself, but I can good grounds for changing it. So far as I can tell, this is one of those instances where MSW3 is fairly conclusively known to be wrong (cite 3 in the article) - it is, after all, a little old now, bearing in mind recent advances in molecular phylogeny. I can see the argument for consistently using a single source, but why do we have to continue doing so even when that source is known to be incorrect? Even if we have to keep it as is, I would rather the last sentence of the first paragraph be changed to something like "an older, but still widely used, classification, places it as..." since this would be a more accurate statement. Anaxial (talk) 07:43, 2 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Species name depends on genus gender

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According to the ICZN, the name of a species (if it is an adjective) must match the gender of the genus.

  • Profelis* is feminine (because Latin *felis* is feminine), hence, *Profelis aurata* is correct if the species is assigned to *Profelis*.
  • Caracal* is Turkish, not Latin or Greek, but it generally seems to be construed as masculine. Thus, if this species is assigned to the genus *Caracal*, the correct species name is *Caracal auratus*. N. Pharris (talk) 23:28, 22 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
So what? – BhagyaMani (talk) 07:53, 23 December 2021 (UTC)Reply