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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> Piotr Gasiorowski pisze:
>
> > We can LABEL them as _Felis
> > domestica_ for convenience...
>
> Oops, they are actually labelled with the binomial name _Felis

catus_

> (Linnaeus, 1758). The International Commission on Zoological
> Nomenclature recommends the more precise trinomial name _Felis
> silvestris catus_ for the domesticated forms of the wildcat (_Felis
> silvestris_). The name _Felis catus_ may still be used if the

domestic

> cat is CONSIDERED a separate species, but of course labelling it as

such

> doesn't change its cladistic position. If the systematic name were

to

> reflect the domestic cat's relationship to its closest cousins more
> faithfully, it would have to be something at least quadrinomial

like

> "Felis silvestris lybica catus".
>
> Piotr
>

Piotr, this is more or less formalism...