"panther"?

[Dankmeleon]

who named f. pardalis the "panther chameleon"

was it the germans?

I say this because the panzer tank resembles the front of the panzer khameleon

 

[ChromaChameleons]

The germans named several series of tank after cats of prey. Tiger, Panther , Leopard.

 

[Kent67]

French. Georges Cuvier.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Cuvier

 

[jonpat83]

funny thing is the leopard tortoise is called Geochelone pardalis but its a leopard tortoise not panther?!

 

[desultadox]

I always thought the stripes were more reminiscent of a tiger than a panther, which has no stripes. Of course, not all Panther Chameleons look the same... not by a longshot!

 

[Dave Legacy]

The germans named several series of tank after cats of prey. Tiger, Panther , Leopard.

I don't know that "Cats of Prey" works the same as with "Birds of Prey", because all members of the feline family are predatory. Just a thought.

 

[ChromaChameleons]

From Kent67s Wikipedia reference:

"The Institut de France was founded in the same year, and he was elected a member of its Academy of Sciences. In 1796 he began to lecture at the École Centrale du Pantheon, and at the opening of the National Institute in April, he read his first palaeontological paper, which was subsequently published in 1800 under the title Mémoires sur les espèces d'éléphants vivants et fossiles."

There is a reference to L'Ecole Centrale du Pantheon. Could "Pantheon" be the reference to the common name of Panther, in honour of Cuvier's academic institute?

or

The Free Dictionary refers to Pantheon as " All the gods of a people considered as a group"
It is well known that the local populations fear the Panther Chameleon as being supernatural.

 

[ChromaChameleons]

Dave:

"Cats of prey" seems to be a more common misnomer than even I expected...LOL

http://shop.modellpferdeversand.de/.../cnid/8ea46c834d65b8870.08621828/changelang/1

 

[AFH]

funny thing is the leopard tortoise is called Geochelone pardalis but its a leopard tortoise not panther?!

Pardalis means "leopard-like". I agree that it does seem to be a misnomer.

 

[desultadox]

Dave:

"Cats of prey" seems to be a more common misnomer than even I expected...LOL

http://shop.modellpferdeversand.de/.../cnid/8ea46c834d65b8870.08621828/changelang/1

They have a "Linux" there... I thought the operating system's mascot was a penguin? I guess that's how they spell Lynx in Germany

 

[Dave Legacy]

Dave:

"Cats of prey" seems to be a more common misnomer than even I expected...LOL

http://shop.modellpferdeversand.de/.../cnid/8ea46c834d65b8870.08621828/changelang/1

LOL! If it's good with "modellpferdeversand" it's good with me. Thanks for setting me straight.