Talk:American cheetah
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[edit] DNA reveals closest relative
According to The Independent, we now have DNA evidence that the Miracinonyx's closest living relative is in fact the Puma, and that their MRCA lived about thee million years ago, both descended from a "puma-like cat" that entered North America around six million years ago. See http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article304652.ece — B.Bryant 11:33, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
- A better information about the same subject (I think is the original source, since the Independent Article now is payed), It's at:
http://abc.zoo.ox.ac.uk/Papers/currbiol05_cats.pdf
Camahuetos 01:28, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Need clarification from User:UtherSRG
Howdy User:UtherSRG. I need a clarification from you on a point of style. I added quotes around "American cheetahs" in the first sentence. You removed the quotes. My reasoning: "The American cheetahs (genus Miracinonyx) were at least two species of felines similar the the Cheetah." I.e., they weren't Acinonyx, i.e., they weren't really cheetahs, i.e., the quotes are appropriate. Why did you remove the quotes? Wikifully, 201.50.251.197 02:00, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
- They are called "American cheetahs" in many scientific writings [1] although they are also called "cheetah-like cats". But it looks soundly like the common name for species in this genus is "American cheetahs". As such, it doesn't need quotes in the article (although my quotes here are appropriate since we're discussing the term and not the cats themselves). - UtherSRG (talk) 12:05, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] M. studeri
Perhaps M. studeri is also a valid species (See: Cheetah#Genetics and classification)--Altaileopard (talk) 08:22, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
