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yeah there are lots of inaccuracies. I added bobcat, then lynx, and it would not accept lynx because bobcat was there. Oh, and, 77, just woke up. No coffee.

yellowapple 9mo ago
Likewise, it wouldn't accept “panther” because “tiger” was already there: > I assume you mean “panther” in the general sense of any big cat. Why on Earth would it assume mean that, of all things, rather than “black panther”? If it's gonna be pedantic about it, it could've complained about “leopard” and “jaguar” already being there (which they were) instead of complaining about an animal that nobody in their right mind would call a “panther”.
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- Scarblac 9mo ago
  There is no actual "panther" animal though, the word is used for several different animals (leopards, jaguars and pumas at least, I think). They can all have melanistic coats and are then often called black panthers. But that's not a species.
  - technothrasher 9mo ago
    I believe the poster you're replying to understands that. They're noting that the complaint about panther was curiously because they had already listed tiger, which is practically never called a panther, and not because they already listed leopard, which is a cat that is often called a panther. The statement about meaning "any big cat" I would guess to be a confusion based on the name Pantherinae for the subfamily of Felidae of which all these big cats are part. Though the puma, which as you note is also called a panther, is in the different subfamily, Felinae. I personally just tend to avoid the word panther, because it very often causes confusion as to which cat you're talking about.
Sharlin 9mo ago
"Lynx" can refer to either the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) specifically, or to the genus Lynx and the four extant species in it (Eurasian lynx, Canada lynx, Iberian lynx, bobcat). And the game recognizes all the four lynx species as distinct animals if you use the full names. In general it understands imprecise common/genus names as hypernyms of the more precise species names, which is the correct way to do it IMO. In general, of course, even distantly related animals may share a common name due to superficial similarities – what is "robin", for example? The American robin was named after the European robin by analogy, simply because both happen to have a red breast. The two species aren't even in the same family.
lelanthran 9mo ago
114, here, because it allows extinct animals (sabre tooth, Mammoth, stegasaurus, etc) Also, things we normally don't consider animals - tapeworm, aphid, etc. Also accepted blue whale, sperm whale and orca :-/
- david-gpu 9mo ago
  All of those species belong to the animalia kingdom. They are animals. So are starfish. "Animal" doesn't mean "mammal".
- neogodless 9mo ago
  Ha I also got exactly 114, though I didn't think of literally any that you put in your comment (except a more generic "whale" guess.)

yellowapple 9mo ago

Likewise, it wouldn't accept “panther” because “tiger” was already there: > I assume you mean “panther” in the general sense of any big cat. Why on Earth would it assume mean that, of all things, rather than “black panther”? If it's gonna be pedantic about it, it could've complained about “leopard” and “jaguar” already being there (which they were) instead of complaining about an animal that nobody in their right mind would call a “panther”.

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Scarblac 9mo ago
There is no actual "panther" animal though, the word is used for several different animals (leopards, jaguars and pumas at least, I think). They can all have melanistic coats and are then often called black panthers. But that's not a species.
- technothrasher 9mo ago
  I believe the poster you're replying to understands that. They're noting that the complaint about panther was curiously because they had already listed tiger, which is practically never called a panther, and not because they already listed leopard, which is a cat that is often called a panther. The statement about meaning "any big cat" I would guess to be a confusion based on the name Pantherinae for the subfamily of Felidae of which all these big cats are part. Though the puma, which as you note is also called a panther, is in the different subfamily, Felinae. I personally just tend to avoid the word panther, because it very often causes confusion as to which cat you're talking about.

Sharlin 9mo ago

"Lynx" can refer to either the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) specifically, or to the genus Lynx and the four extant species in it (Eurasian lynx, Canada lynx, Iberian lynx, bobcat). And the game recognizes all the four lynx species as distinct animals if you use the full names. In general it understands imprecise common/genus names as hypernyms of the more precise species names, which is the correct way to do it IMO. In general, of course, even distantly related animals may share a common name due to superficial similarities – what is "robin", for example? The American robin was named after the European robin by analogy, simply because both happen to have a red breast. The two species aren't even in the same family.

lelanthran 9mo ago

114, here, because it allows extinct animals (sabre tooth, Mammoth, stegasaurus, etc) Also, things we normally don't consider animals - tapeworm, aphid, etc. Also accepted blue whale, sperm whale and orca :-/

david-gpu 9mo ago
All of those species belong to the animalia kingdom. They are animals. So are starfish. "Animal" doesn't mean "mammal".
neogodless 9mo ago
Ha I also got exactly 114, though I didn't think of literally any that you put in your comment (except a more generic "whale" guess.)