tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209921721314660731.post2505432964458333300..comments2024-03-10T19:39:07.469+00:00Comments on Synapsida: Caprines: Telling the Sheep from the GoatsJK Revellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358838350092883422noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209921721314660731.post-63606371400289127352013-02-05T16:52:00.540+00:002013-02-05T16:52:00.540+00:00I don't like subgenera too. If Linnean taxonom...I don't like subgenera too. If Linnean taxonomy was created as a "binomial" system, it should be binomial, with genera as the lowest rank taxa. If a genus is too big, or includes many branches, let's split it.João Simõeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222169018695033058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209921721314660731.post-87616808857762327932013-02-04T19:16:44.356+00:002013-02-04T19:16:44.356+00:00I'm not really a fan of subgenera (not that su...I'm not really a fan of subgenera (not that such things are up to me!) But I can see a case for distinguishing the (bighorn+Dall)+snow clade from the urial+argali clade, as /Pachyceros/ is intended to do. They seem to have diverged quite a while ago, and I can see that one might want to recognise that.JK Revellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00358838350092883422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209921721314660731.post-65919031164020627652013-02-03T21:29:35.024+00:002013-02-03T21:29:35.024+00:00Should Pachyceros be recognized as a subgenus for ...Should Pachyceros be recognized as a subgenus for bighorns?João Simõeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222169018695033058noreply@blogger.com