Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <3DE81834.7050608@ece.gatech.edu> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 20:45:24 -0500 From: Charles Wilson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: cygwin official logo ? References: <3DB4C71F0016AAD4 AT mss4n DOT bluewin DOT ch> <20021129133939 DOT B1398 AT cygbert DOT vinschen DOT de> <20021129173246 DOT GA21707 AT redhat DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Please grant me this one conceit. Linus likes penguins. I like > otters. Me too. > If there is going to be an animal mascot for cygwin it should be an > otter. Figured those FurryMuck people might be able to help -- they like to draw cartoon animals. How about contacting this guy: http://www.tigress.com/lutra/art/images/bw/ltoyster.gif http://www.tigress.com/lutra/english/commissions.htm This guy's "furry" persona (not sure of the terminology of this subculture) is an otter, so most of his art is otter-ish. (FYI "lutra" or "lutrinae" is the name of the otter subfamily) --- which explains this guy's FurryMuck character name. From his website: > So you are interested in a picture ? I`ll see what I can do but first > some information about my commissions: > > What I do exactly: > > I mainly draw anthropomorphic characters which means a creature part > human and part animal. This type of art is called furry art or as I > said before anthropomorphic art. I am specialized on drawing otters. > Although I can do other type of character too as you can see below. > So if you still interested in a picture read on further. ---------------------------- Otter info (for the truly obsessed; e.g. cgf ). Ya know, it's really scary the sort of stuff that fills your bookshelf/bookmarks when you're an engineer (e.g. detail oriented and trivia obsessed) and many of your friends, coworkers, and their spouses are biologists, animal behaviorists, or medical types. Sometimes I scare me. Or maybe it's just that I was reading "Ranger Rick" magazine and collecting World Wildlife Fund "Animal Cards" when my kindergarten playmates were into "Highlights". I still scare me. Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Suborder: Fissipedia Superfamily: Arctoidea Family: Mustelidae (Weasel) Subfamily Mustelinae: martens, weasels, wolverines, ferrets, polecats and minks Subfamily Melinae: badgers Subfamily Mellivorinae: honey badger Subfamily Taxidiinae: American badger (sometimes listed as a genus within the Melinae subfamily) Subfamily Mephitinae: skunks (since 1997, now listed as a completely separate family - http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustelidae) Subfamily Lutrinae: otters 13 otter species, listed here: http://otternet.com/species/ http://sciencebulletins.amnh.org/biobulletin/biobulletin/story832.html However, otter classification -- and even naming -- is not straightforward, and depends on whether you use mitochondrial RNA classification, or include the subgenus name instead of the genus name, or use the subspecies name instead of the species name (or both!). Generally, the following is more-or-less accepted (circa 2001). Alternative names that are in widespread use -- or which were common prior to 199x and still show up in webpages and textbooks -- are listed below each one. * Aonyx capensis (Cape Clawless otter) Paraonyx congica Paraonyx microdon Paraonyx philippsi * Aonyx congicus (Congo Clawless otter) * Aonyx cinerea (Oriental Small-Clawed otter) Amblonyx cinerea Micraonyx cinerea * Enhydra lutris (sea otter) * Lutra canadensis (North American River otter) Lontra canadensis Barangia sumatrana (later split into its own species) * Lutra felina (Marine otter, or sea cat) Lontra felina * Lutra longicaudis (Neotropical otter, Southern River otter, La Plata otter, Brasilian otter) Lontra longicaudis L. platenisis * Lutra lutra (Eurasian otter) Lutra vulgaris Lutra whitleyi * Lutra maculicallis (spotted-necked otter) Hydricits maculicallis * Lutra perspicallata (India Smooth-Coated otter or Smooth otter) Lutrogale perspicillata Lutra tarayensis * Lutra provocax (Southern River otter or Chilean otter) Lontra provocax * Lutra sumatrana (Hairy-nosed otter or Sumatran otter) Barangia sumatrana * Pteronura brasiliensis (Giant otter) Lutra Brasiliensis Other fun otter links---- List o' links: http://www.animalomnibus.com/weasel.htm (yes, really) Lutra.net: http://hometown.aol.com/OtterFreak/otter.html http://www.geobop.com/Mammals/Carnivora/Mustelidae/ http://www.geobop.com/Mammals/Carnivora/Mustelidae/2.htm --Chuck -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/