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Scott
flint knapper
Username: Scott
Post Number: 1538
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 1:40 am: |     |
Thanks Anne. I just learned from Rob Sawyer that "vulpine" means "fox-like". Had no idea - it isn't a common word. Now, I know where that came from!
Scott
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Ces gens, Jondalar, ils sourient. Ils me sourient. - Ayla |
Cavebear
cave painter
Username: Cavebear
Post Number: 2955
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 27, 2006 - 12:29 am: | |
Thank you SSG, for specifying, as I knew, that Vulpids are Canids. I didn't realize the subtle difference between Canid and Canis though, and I thank you for the clarification.
I've always felt the vulpids weren't quite canis, but I didn't know why before and that explains a lot. I'm more knowledgeable about the felids... 
Can you (or anyone else) recommend a good book on the canids? I have an an interest in all the miacids and am trying to improve my understanding of the evolution of the whole group. I wouldn't mind a recommendation on the non-felid/canid miacids either, if you know of a good one.
Thank you, Carl Sagan... |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 421
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, October 27, 2006 - 7:32 pm: | |
Cavebear:
I know there are some books in my local libraries that might be worth recommending, but unfortunately at the moment I can't think of the names of them. Let me check around. BTW, do you want something fairly general, or fairly scientific?
Anne G |
Cavebear
cave painter
Username: Cavebear
Post Number: 2959
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 27, 2006 - 10:27 pm: | |
I hate to ask for both, but may I? I'm not sure which would give me a better understanding of canid evolution. If it helps, I need a diagrammatic tree of past and present canids more than I need genetic details of present ones. I'm not so much interested in modern dog breeds as I am how past canids relate and split.
Hope that makes sense.
Thank you, Carl Sagan... |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 424
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 5:20 pm: | |
Cavebear:
I will bear this in mind. I will be going to one of my local libraries on Monday(and possibly another one on Tuesday), for a little rest, recreation, and research. While there, I will look for some titles you might be able to use, both scientific and "popular".
In the meanwhile --- this isn't books,
obviously --- I've found a site that yesterday had some admittedly pretty basic stuff about the Canidae family. It's something called About Animals and Wildlife, and I get RSS feeds which alert me to any interesting material.
Here is the link:
http://animals.about.com/od/carnivores/p/canidae.h tm
Hope this will at least get you started,
Anne G |
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