Talk:Leopardus guttulus
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Photo?
[edit]Is there a reason why this article doesn't use Wikepedia's photo? I added it.
You can see it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leopardus_tigrinus_(Felis_tigrina)_-_Museo_Civico_di_Storia_Naturale_Giacomo_Doria_-_Genoa,_Italy_-_DSC02677.JPG —MiguelMunoz (talk) 03:12, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
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- That is a picture of a margay. The specimen is clearly labeled in the photo. Different species. 128.227.20.181 (talk) 16:08, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
- Do we actually know that, though? I agree that that's what the label says, but it also says Felis tigrina, which is the oncilla, not the margay - and which doesn't live in Argentina, where the specimen apparently originates. Margays (L. wiedii) do live in Argentina, so it isn't impossible, but I'm not convinced it looks like one. Looks to me like an out-of-date label, especially since the photograph was apparently taken in the same year that L. guttulus was split off from the oncilla and given its own name, and I doubt it was a brand new exhibit. Either way, the label is clearly wrong (although it probably wasn't when it was written) so there's a question as to what species the specimen would be classified as now. As I say, I don't think it's what we'd now call a margay, but I'm not wholly confident of that. Anaxial (talk) 16:52, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
- All that means is the the picture is an utterly unreliable source. If the picture can't even agree with itself what it is picture of, then we can't make up our own WP:OR to say it is L. guttulus. And the picture is crap anyway, of a badly distorted specimen that was not taxidermed properly. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 21:33, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
- Do we actually know that, though? I agree that that's what the label says, but it also says Felis tigrina, which is the oncilla, not the margay - and which doesn't live in Argentina, where the specimen apparently originates. Margays (L. wiedii) do live in Argentina, so it isn't impossible, but I'm not convinced it looks like one. Looks to me like an out-of-date label, especially since the photograph was apparently taken in the same year that L. guttulus was split off from the oncilla and given its own name, and I doubt it was a brand new exhibit. Either way, the label is clearly wrong (although it probably wasn't when it was written) so there's a question as to what species the specimen would be classified as now. As I say, I don't think it's what we'd now call a margay, but I'm not wholly confident of that. Anaxial (talk) 16:52, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
Nocturnal? Diurnal?
[edit]The behavior section talks about what it eats, but makes no mention of its sleep schedule. It seems like a pretty basic detail. —MiguelMunoz (talk) 03:19, 11 April 2022 (UTC)