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Latest comment: 14 years ago by Naliju
Caiman or coati?
Coati
Coati
Caiman

S'agit t-il vraiment d'un Caiman ? Cela me fait plutôt penser à un Coati (Forme du corps, oreilles, queue, tête, museau). Pourriez vous confirmer cette hypothèse et, si erreur il y a, la corriger ? Merci. --Naliju (d) Projet:Biologie marine 10 septembre 2009 à 22:06 (CEST)

Bonsoir Naliju, tes observations me semblent tout à fait pertinentes. Une petite question d'un néophite: certains caïmans peuvent ils avoir des oreilles apparentes comme sur cette poterie? Patrick.charpiat (d) 18 octobre 2009 à 23:28 (CEST)
En fait, les pavillons externes sur les oreilles, comme le museau ne sont que des caractères propres aux mammifères; tous les crocodiliens, y compris les caïmans, n'ont en guise d'oreille qu'un petit orifice, sans pavillon externe, recouverte par une grosse écaille...
D'ailleurs, il y avait un autre éléments que je n'avais pas remarqué avant de poster le message  : sur la poterie, les pattes ne sont pas courtes et ne partent pas directement du ventre ; en fait, les articulations sont "soudées" au corps, mais ce détail se voit peu au premier coup d'oeil. Or, la longueur et la forme de ces pattes correspondent à celle d'un coatï, mais pas à celles d'un caïman... --Naliju (d) Projet:Biologie marine 19 octobre 2009 à 16:47 (CEST)
According to the museum it's a CAIMAN. --Zaqarbal (talk) 19:48, 19 October 2009 (UTC)Reply
But those ears make me doubt. I've written the two hypothesis. --Zaqarbal (talk) 20:20, 19 October 2009 (UTC)Reply
As described above by Naliju, some details appear coming from a coati: look at the shape of the tail, of the nose and see how the legs are attached to the body. Of course the label of the museum describes a caiman, but I think it's wrong.
Such a mistake seems more usual than we could think. Specialists of pottery or archeology are not of zoology. See this page fr:Utilisateur:Naliju/Archeozoo for other ceramics causing doubts. Patrick.charpiat (talk) 20:07, 22 October 2009 (UTC)Reply


OK. After looking at several pictures, I also think it's a coati, specially because of the ears. Maybe it was inspired by specimens like these:

--Zaqarbal (talk) 04:54, 23 October 2009 (UTC)Reply

---Anyway, better to have a coati in the bedroom! Regards, Patrick.charpiat (talk) 12:32, 23 October 2009 (UTC)Reply

Is not only a problem of ears ; the legs and feets, the tail, the neck, and the shape of the head are similars ; the presence of a snout is also rather demonstrative ; actuals reptiles have not snout. --Naliju (talk) 15:17, 23 October 2009 (UTC)Reply
You will notice too that the position of the ears, the snout, the eyes, and the mouth (which is circular and situated below the long snout) are similars in that of a coati. (PS : aparentemente usted habla español sin problema, siendo yo también bilingüe, podríamos facilitar la conversación Clin)--Naliju (talk) 15:28, 23 October 2009 (UTC)Reply
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