Post #3999569
2024-02-18 04:49 UTC
I love that taxonomists really do divide carnivores into "basically dogs" and "basically cats".
Caniforms: canines, bears, raccoons, mustelids, skunks, pinnipeds.
Feliforms: felines, hyenas, mongooses, civets.
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@GroupNebula563@mastodon.social 2026-07-22 00:07
@futzle@old.mermaid.town another taxonomist gem: someone looked at an octopus one day and said "fuck it, headfoot". and now that entire class is called "cephalopod"