What about ¨Shittus Rattus¨
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Biggus dickus moment
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I mean, if we take the most accepted headcannon of the Fluffies a scientific name would be something like “fusionem-aliquot-vividus-facticius” since Fluffies are an amalgamation of different genes of different animals put in one
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Rattus Mauris.
@Mr_Owl I see the main base being all across the Hystricomorpha line (most likely an aproximation of the closest common ancestor of chinchillas and capybaras), which includes all the cuddly new world rodents. With heavy contributions of feline and hominid DNA.
Hystricomorphus Psuedocallabus is also a possibility
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should we create a separate classification for artificially created species? It will make it easier and will create a base for other man-made species
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Maybe, as said it’d be a wastebasket taxon with little cladistic value (Besides dae biotoys!). It could work for species with some human genes inserted, like Homo Chimerus. Seeing as we’d probably make more human hybrids than south american rodent hybrids unless fluffies got really popular.
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Equus chimaeram?
Artificialis chimaeram?
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As said up to you, but honestly classification of gmo life forms depends on what base you prioritize. Is it the human due to anthropocentric perspectives we have by default, is it the horse they simulate or is what they share the most unaltered genes with? Realistically I could see the first or the last, with most evolutionary biologists preferring the latter while neuroscientists and psychologists the former.
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If they got really popular, the competitors would most certainly create other hybrids
And don’t even get me started on Governments trying to use the technology for military purposes
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Military bioweapons are more likely to be nanotech or remote controlled parasites, a big purely biological lumbering monstrosity can’t keep up with modern firepower of an industrial nation. Also furry/lamia/catgirl waifus.
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Heh.
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Ironically I can see fluffies as being the least bad bit of gmo by entertainment companies. Imagine this real minions as theme park attractions, mini trolls like @Captain_Emo 's story dealt with kept in terrariums. More attractions than pets. Could you imagine a breeding population of minions.
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Well, they are intelligent but not human in any aspect. Intelligence is not derived from humanity alone, but considering the come from a rat base and are essentially just really thg messed up rats I suppose rat chimaeram would biologically be the most accurate. But a new genus may be more appropriate.
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I can see rich crime lords trying to engineer the perfect sex slave
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That’s what anthros were gonna be before I cut them.
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Or like constantly horny furries/aliens/monsters with super fast growth rates. They’re entire minds made for breeding. Literally legal in a few years and reproduce through parthenogenesis.
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Someone will get a really big army in several years
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Or like the real Mickey Mouse, or Celestia. Basically one of a kind attractions deemed almost perfect with the rest being scrapped. Because they need to be perfect.
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I could see them living worse lives then fluffies due to the fact that unlike fluffies they aren’t a consumer product they’re an ip. For example a fluffy is like a bag custom m&ms write skittles are better on em and as long as you don’t sell them you’re fine. But like real characters would be forced to comply to their parent companies image entirely despite the fact they’re fully sapient.
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I think this is what I’ll go with, rat falsum princeps
Genus: falsum princeps
Epithet: rat
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