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I wonder what 10.7 will be called - we're running out of cats with acceptable names (Andean Mountain Cat won't do). What's left: Lynx, Cougar, Puma, and of cou
by mdemare 17y ago
I wonder what 10.7 will be called - we're running out of cats with acceptable names (Andean Mountain Cat won't do).
What's left: Lynx, Cougar, Puma, and of course, Lion.
Apparently, a panther is not a species, but refers to a cougar, a puma or a leopard, depending on the country.
- jwilliams 17y agoGiven the preference for big cats (since Cheetah/Puma as you mention), I guess Lion is the most likely.
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- randomtask 17y agoPuma was 10.1 no? Also, Clouded Leopard and Bornean Clouded Leopard ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_cat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_cat
- jrwoodruff 17y agoI vote for Bornean Clouded Leopard for 10.7 If they name one Lion, it'd have to be one hell of an upgrade me thinks.
- sunkencity 17y ago"cattus domesticus"
- ginkgo 17y agoOcelot would also be a good name.
- masklinn 17y agoPuma's already been used (10.1), Lion is unlikely (there's a bit too much mystique behind it). They could probably expand their "big cat" selection to e.g. leopardus (Ocelot, Margay), the Serval, the Caracal, the Jaguarundi (a cousin of the cougar), …