Re: cat phylogeny (sorry to get off topic)

[JCMcL <darwincr@laplaza.taos.nm.us>]

On Mon, 22 Jan 1996, Nicholas J. Pharris wrote:

 (anent felid taxonomy) 
> Fortunately there is also another classification, put together in large 
> measure by R.I. Pocock, which contains about twenty genera.  These twenty 
> genera are nicely split along the lines of the ACTUAL threefold split in 
> feline evolution:  
> 
> the South American cats, the ocelot, margay, kodkod, and 
> others (_Leopardus_), the mountain cat (_Oreailurus_), and the Pampas cat 
> (_Lynchailurus_); 
> 
> the housecat lineage, wildcats, domestic cats, jungle cat, sand cat, 
> black-footed cat (all _Felis_) and Pallas' cat (_Felis_ or its own genus 
> _Otocolobus_); 
> 
> and all the other cats, including the big cats (_Panthera_), the clouded 
> leopard (_Neofelis_), the marbled cat (_Pardofelis_), short-tailed cats 
> (_Lynx_), mountain lion and onza (_Puma_), cheetah (_Acinonyx_), 
> jaguarundi (_Herpailurus_), and several other less-well-known genera.
> 
> 
> Nick Pharris
> Pacific Lutheran University
> Tacoma, WA 98447
> (206)535-8204
> PharriNJ@PLU.edu
> 
> "If you can't convince them, confuse them." -- Harry S. Truman
> 
The above motto being R.I. Pocock's guide in this elaborate felid taxonomy?