3 Animals That Need To Be Reclassified

Even though we've known about the existence of the majority of large animals for hundreds of years, we still aren't quite sure how to classify them. It may seem like an animals classification is set in stone but as we learn more about the animal it can change. Sometimes subspecies are reclassified as species and one species can be split into multiple species. In today's video i will be going through a few animals that are in need of a classification change as i will be going through 3 animals that need to be reclassified.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Orca
3:34 Giraffe
5:58 Giant Panda

Attributions

Dog Classification image:
CNX OpenStax
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Orca images:
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Oregon State University
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Callan Carpenter
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Giraffe images:
BhagyaMani
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Muhammad Mahdi Karim
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Hans De Bisschop
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Doug Belshaw
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Bernard DUPONT
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Snakes3yes
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Hans Hillewaert
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Miroslav Duchacek
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Bjørn Christian Tørrissen
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Ray in Manila
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Panda fossil and extinct panda images:
Augusthaiho
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Nix Illustration
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I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.

Thanks for watching i hope you enjoyed :)

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[daliborjovanovic]

The reason the taxonomy of the giant panda was debated for years was because we didn't have the luxury of testing an animal's DNA code until relatively recently. Once we got to study giant panda DNA, its odd myriad of features starts to make sense; it's the most basal extant member of the bear family, meaning it split off very early in ursid evolution, and as such, retains certain "primitive" characteristics that were once widespread across all caniform carnivorans, and bears are very closely related to the musteloid superfamily (weasels, raccoons, skunks, and the red panda), so it's not surprising that the giant panda (as a basal ursid) would share certain characteristics with musteloids such as the red panda. In other words, there is no reason to assume that the giant panda might get reclassified, it's very confidently classified as a bear, and it's just a textbook example of a token basal species within a family whose only other extant members are more derived and more closely related to each other than the former. If anything, it might need to be renamed, as the red panda was the first one to be called a panda. DNA is far more reliable than anatomical traits when classing an animal, since anatomy can easily be warped by convergent evolution, and trivial things like slit pupils don't mean much either. Cougars and panthers (lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars) are both big and both have rounded pupils, yet everyone agrees that the cougar is more closely related to the housecat and other small felids, which have slit pupils (which are more advantageous for small-bodied predators that are closer to the ground like housecats, or foxes). And I don't see how temperament means anything in taxonomy? Chimps and bonobos, for example, are sister species from the same genus (Pan), yet the former are violent psychopaths, and the latter pacifist hippies.

[anniehill]

That was fascinating, Tsuki, thank you. You made an excellent point, that reclassifying species, emphasises that they have different requirements and therefore probably require differeing approaches to their conservation.

[vhsextra]

Marine animals to orcas : can we share the food chain

Orcas:👁️. 👄. 👁️

Marine animals : sorry we asked 👉👈

[Redneckkratos]

7:53 I propose we gather the best in the field to reclassify the Arnie

[EidolonandOnly]

I can understand the stubborn side of not wanting reclassification of species into multiple species. At the base level It's politics. I can see how adding more species to the endangered species list can be used as arguments for passing legislation.

[cathyhendrix]

Thank you for another informative video. I always learn something new from you. Thanks again for a fantastic video. Hope you and Arnie are doing great. 😊

[Iamapuzzle]

Can you make a list of 5 invasive fish in lake toba here and on the list can you include the red devil Cichlid the Nile tilapia the pleco the grass carp and the clown knife

[artizzykk]

Who looks at any panda and says, "raccoon?"

[awesomeocelot]

Wait i thought there where now 8 different Giraffe species?

[samrizzardi]

Any updates on red fox taxonomy? They were proposing to separate North American and Eurasian populations sometime ago

[JosiKunz]

Can you make a video about 3 rare wild animals: wild bactrian camel, wild water buffalo and wild yak? Their domestic version are kept in many zoo but there is no wild form in captivity. I would like to know more about their saving programs

[legend]

I remember as a kid when i read an animal book and the Giant Panda was classified as a Racoon. And that never made any sense to me because it's very obviously a bear. Im so glad that it's been corrected and it is now classified as a bear as it should be.

[Reyma]

The domestic dog, keeps fluctuating from being its own species to a mere subspecies as grey wolf.

[matthewzito]

I don't think behavior is a good basis for classification. Inteligent, social mammals like Orcas, Chimps and Humans display a wide variety of learned behaviors. That doesn't necessarily mean that individual populations are separate species (although they could theoretically become different species if they remain genetically isolated for a long enough period of time).

[rinraiden]

Being classed as a different species is usually down to genetics. Common gallinule and common moorhen look almost identical but they are different species

[geo.m]

Can you do a video on the biggest Salamanders pls

[iandavies]

Orcas are incredible. What we’re talking about there is different cultures. The groups don’t differ due to ecological niches or evolutionary pressure but preferences and learned behaviour

[brendandarkside]

Tsuki, would it undermine your mystique to respond to the question of your background in zoology? Only ask cos you seem to be an approachable animal and as a human (?) I think you'd be classified as high in agreeableness :)

[MayYourGodGoWithYou]

Interestingly, while the black panda (and panda merely means bamboo eating, hence the same name for lesser or red pandas) has the skull of a bear the brown panda doesn't, their skull is like those of the the cat family in shape and features. One has bigger teeth but a weaker bite, the other has smaller teeth and a stronger bite, there is also only one brown panda in captivity and he was found as a cub badly injured and taken to the local centre for treatment. Also interestingly his offspring came out looking like mum and are black in colour.

[maevblog]

I wondering what would happen if the giant panda will spread outside china