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| Topic | Ask me anything about tigers. |
| Ar0ge 03/25/22 5:17:14 PM #30: | You're not telling me anything I don't already know and I guess you're not understanding my question. Colloquially, feline has been used to mean cat or catlike. In modern cladistic taxonomy, felinae is a subfamily of felidae . Panthera is the other subfamily of felidae which tigers are classified under. By this categorization, tigers are felids but NOT feline and I'm wondering if scientists/biologists make this distinction . Would calling a tiger a feline be technically, scientifically incorrect? ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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