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| Thread ID: 150457 | 2022-02-03 04:22:00 | A nature question | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1484076 | 2022-02-03 04:22:00 | I have just been watching a nature programme about the Pallas' Cats of Eastern Mongolia. Very interesting. But I wondered why, in the name of the Pallas' Cats they put an apostrophe? Remembering my high school English, an apostrophe after the name means that the Cats belong to the Pallas. Is that correct? But when I go to Google to find an explanation for Pallas I learn that it was a Titan god in Greek Mythology. Alternately, Pallas is the second asteroid to have been discovered, after 1 Ceres. Neither of those two definitions make sense alongside a cat. So I wondered if anyone knows why it is a Pallas' Cat and what the Pallas means?:confused: |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1484077 | 2022-02-03 05:10:00 | Why is it called Pallas's cat? Pallas's cat, also called Steppe Cat, or Manul, (Felis manul), small, long-haired cat (family Felidae) native to deserts and rocky, mountainous regions from Tibet to Siberia. It was named for the naturalist Peter Simon Pallas. So it's a possessive apostrophe. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1484078 | 2022-02-03 05:18:00 | But I wondered why, in the name of the Pallas' Cats they put an apostrophe? : Wiki: Pallas's cat The Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul), also known as the manul, is a small wild cat with long and dense light grey fur. The Pallas's cat was first described in 1776 by Peter Simon Pallas, who observed it in the vicinity of Lake Baikal. So...because it's Peter's cat.... Just call it a Manul. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1484079 | 2022-02-03 05:40:00 | Why is it called Pallas's cat? Pallas's cat, also called Steppe Cat, or Manul, (Felis manul), small, long-haired cat (family Felidae) native to deserts and rocky, mountainous regions from Tibet to Siberia. It was named for the naturalist Peter Simon Pallas. So it's a possessive apostrophe. Yes, thank you. zqwerty. I realised it was a possessive apostrophe. It was the name Pallas that I could not find anything about. So you have solved that for me.:thanks And thank you Piroska as well. You managed to solve that as well. Much appreciated. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
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