tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post2135888585802425334..comments2023-07-15T05:32:20.508-07:00Comments on Frontiers of Zoology: Native Portrait of Surviving Native North American Lion?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post-80933679625464387172013-07-26T22:09:31.187-07:002013-07-26T22:09:31.187-07:00Well, let's not argue the point. The proper pr...Well, let's not argue the point. The proper procedure I believe is this: if you have an "unknown animal" and you can still identify its <i>species</i>, You do not have an unknown animal. If you have an uncaught and uncaptured animal that you believe to be an unknown or not currently represented<i>subspecies</i>, then you still don't have anything different because you will have to have a specimen in hand to demonstrate that it IS a different subspecies with important divergences fro the main species. You will not really be able to say "We have a population of relict Panthera leo arox and we know they are not strayed captive African lions" until you have a specimen and you will be able to identify the specific anatomical differences characteristic to Atrox and not to lions in general...or else all you will have will still be a lion and undeterminable as anything more specific than that. And you basically cannot assume biogeography any more, that is one of the problems with the notion of using your standard catalogued subspecies to name uncaptured and unidentified specimens you might have reports of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post-16236966228936007862013-07-26T20:54:23.041-07:002013-07-26T20:54:23.041-07:00Wow, that is very interesting! I think it would be...Wow, that is very interesting! I think it would be very awesome if the American Lion was still alive today.<br /><br />However, my definition of cryptozoology is a bit different from yours. I feel that undiscovered subspecies and maybe even different populations and races of animals should be considered cryptids. However, I would not consider color variants or genetic mutations, such as blue tigers or king cheetahs, cryptids.<br /><br />However, I do include new subspecies, races, and distinct populations of animals. Troodon Roarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458650924508744077noreply@blogger.com