Wow

[cryowizard]

That's why they call the cat Sylvester -- cz it's Felis Silvestris Catus.

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Conservation status
Domesticated
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Felis Species: F. silvestris Subspecies: F. s. catus
Trinomial name
Felis silvestris catus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Wikipedia rules :)

Comments

[rkatsyv.livejournal.com]

Yep. Means "of the forest", from Latin "silva". Same as in Spanish, hence the Russian word for S. American jungle: "сельва".

"Felis Silvestris" without "catus" refers to a wild cat. Domestic one is considered a subspecie. "Catus", in fact, does not mean "cat". "Felis" means "cat". "Catus" means "the shrewd/cunning one" :)

[cryowizard.livejournal.com]

Мне ужасно нравится слово "катус". Уж не знаю, почему :)