#tighnari gets to have just the whole straightforward scientific name for his constellation

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it fucks me up that cyno has such a strong wolf motif that it suppresses the (more inspiration-accurate) jackal/dog motif. like i actually kinda appreciate the blending together of multiple different canines bc even mythology is often blurry about the distinction of similar but different animals and having both a wild jackal and a domestic dog motif to play with is fun, but the wolf is sooo forced in there. they even went as far as to replace the canis in canis aureus (scientific name of the golden jackal) with lupus. hijacked the dog to make it wolf instead. wolves are also in the canis genus it's fine!!!!!! it's all canis!! always has been!!!!!!!!!!

#side note: golden jackal is in the genus canis but the black-backed and side-striped jackals are in their own genus (Lupulella) #tighnari gets to have just the whole straightforward scientific name for his constellation #good for him. being so uncomplicated #ahhhh i love dogys #like i would have appreciated just a little bit of wolf in there as a treat but its so overpowering... #unsubtle! #as far as im aware there's a whole mess about what exact canid represents anubis but im pretty sure its never just a whole ass wolf #and a quick skim of some wikipedia articles tells me that the canine in question may not actually be exactly a jackal either but we already #call like three different animals jackal so who's counting