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Genetic / taxonomic issues for the Cat Specialist Group

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09-11-2019, 10:37 AM ( This post was last modified: 05-09-2020, 07:29 PM by BorneanTiger )

Different definitions of the term 'subspecies' exist, but the one that I will use here, derived from Study.com, is "a population of a species that is genetically and geographically different to another population of the same species."

In 2017, the Cat Classification Taskforce of the Cat Specialist Group, which can be said to include a "who's who" of experts on of cats, such as Shu-Jin Luo and Urs Breitenmoser, published a revision of subspecies of felids: https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/hand...sAllowed=y

There are 2 main issues with the revision of 2017 that I can see:

1) The CSG admitted uncertainties regarding particular subspecies, such as for the bobcat and cheetah

2) Certain revisions, such a for the tiger and leopard, are controversial because they are not supported by all genetic assessments.
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