Talk:Prionailurus

Type Species/Hodgson

Felis pardachrous is listed as the type species in the Speciesbox. It links to the leopard cat, which as of today has the name Prionailurus bengalensis. I believe that it should be listed using its modern name with the correct genus, as that is how other type species are listed. Secondly, Brian Houghton Hodgson is listed as the person who described Felis pardachrous, in 1844, in the Speciesbox and the Taxonomy section, and that Felis pardachrous refers to the leopard cat. Hodgson is never mentioned in the Wikipedia page for the leopard cat, and Robert Kerr proposed Felis bengalensis in 1792, 52 years earlier than Hodgson. --HenryArchaeology (talk) 10:55, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Remove Stub Class

I've removed the stub classification for this article because (1) all six members of the genus have their own detailed articles, and (2) the article pretty much sums up genus P. adequately with a list of members, taxobox, and description of members of the genus, surely enough for the casual reader. Since it's been stubbed for 3.5 years, this is probably as finished as the article is going to get. Seduisant (talk) 00:42, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Classification

Anyone aware of any literature on perhaps reclassifying this genus's species in relation to Felis? The fact that cross-generic hybrids between, e.g., Prionailurus bengalensis and Felis catus produce fertile offspring, consistently, would seem to call into question this genus split.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  22:51, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Pronunciation?

Are there any clues as to how to say this? If any of the species have such instruction, it would be useful to place it in this genus description. Kortoso (talk) 07:53, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

It's named after the greek príōn (saw) + aílouros (cat), presumably referring to saw-like teeth, just as the prion (bird) was named after its saw-like bill. So the pronunciation will be /ˈpɹʌɪən/ and /aí̯.loː.ros/. References can be found for either part but without a reference for the whole name I don't think we can include it (original research or synthesis).   Jts1882 | talk  12:53, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Agree that we shouldn't include pronunciation. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 13:04, 16 December 2018 (UTC) Nor the meaning, the more so as Severtzov didn't explain his reasons for choosing this name. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 13:21, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

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