Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for February 28, 2015

“Domesticus” sometimes isn’t accurate.

Here I thought their name was Hari Buttis.

It’s the TUNA lobby : Take Undesirable Names Away. Of course it’s powerful – it’s PAC’ed in oil.

stimaddog, furface works for me….

As a nerdy kid, I looked up Latin species names in a dictionary and was struck by the following distinction:Dog: Canis Domesticus Cat: Felis FamiliusDogs were domesticated, but cats were merely familiar.

They are also listed as feels silvestris cats, a subspecies of wildcat.

I feel the same way. The rule used to be the first to describe it scientifically, got to name it. Since Felis domesticus was Linneaus’ term and he invented binomial nomenclature, his name should pertain. .ChukLitl: Feral doesn’t matter. Domesticating a Procyon lotor does not change its species, nor does the opposite.

Hate to break your bubble Arlo, but it’s now “F. silvestris catus” (for hippogriff, DNA analysis trumps even Linnaeus names — so dog is now “Canis lupus familiaris” and the dingo is “Canis lupus dingo”)

Said the homo sapiens specimen…….

In due time they will be called felis catus domesticus Deus

Hmm, “Felis Catus” sounds like a good name for a cartoon cat. English translation: “Felix the Cat”…

Meow!

Canis lupus lupus (Gray Wolf) Canis lupus famliaris (domestic dog) Canis lupus familiaris, sub. var. Yorkshire Terrier

They all have a good lobby. My 5 pound Yorkie likes remind me that there is a 125 pound alpha male wolf trapped in his body.

Bratticus Catticus…..

Silly people, cats are properly called, “Here kitty, kitty!”

As @dheine1971 pointed out on Tuesday, this week is a rerun of February 20-25, 2012 (link points to this one).

prasrinivara: Well dog my cats! Linnaeus distinguished between the housecat and its ancestral European wild cat. Genetics have borne him out in this case, so why downgrade his work? Ego?

Chuck Jones: Darn! Felix is taken! We’ll have to use the end of the name & call him Sylvester…