Res: [tied] Re: The cat domestication happened more than 100,000 y

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 49292
Date: 2007-07-03

These domestic animals were considered to be subspecies of wild species.
hen:
Gallus gallus domesticus
Sus scrofa domestica
Capra aegagrus hircus
Ovis ammon aries (or Ovis orientalis aries)
Canis lupus familiaris
Bos primigenius taurus
Felis libyca cattus

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De: Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
Para: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Enviadas: Terça-feira, 3 de Julho de 2007 6:25:32
Assunto: Re: [tied] Re: The cat domestication happened more than 100,000 years ago

alexandru_mg3 pisze:

> 1. hen : Is a distinct species ? Yes
> 2. pig : Is a distinct species ? Yes
> 3. goat : Is a distinct species ? Yes
> 4. sheep : Is a distinct species ? Yes
> 5. duck : Is a distinct species ? Yes
> 6. dog : Is a distinct species ? Yes
> 7. cow : Is a distinct species ? Yes
> 8. cat : Is a distinct species? Yes

Marius, this is not a forum for teaching biology, but mixing up natural
clades with arbitrarily defined Linnean "species" is an incredibly naive
approach. The 18th century is over. Cats did not become a separate
species upon domestication for the simple reason that, biologically,
they remain a subpopulation of one of the subspecies of the wildcat,
still capable of interbreeding with their wild cousins and so,
technically, conspecific with them. We can LABEL them as _Felis
domestica_ for convenience, but systematic labels don't change reality
(including feline genotypes).

Piotr




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