The "birdsandbats" Guide to Domestic Animals

Dromedary Camel Camelus dromedarius
Ancestor: Thomas' Camel Camelus thomasi
Domestication Date: circa 4000 BCE
Reasons for Domestication (original): transportation, working, milk, hair, meat
Current use: transportation, working, milk, hair, meat, hunting
Location domesticated: Arabia


Photo of a Dromedary Camel by @zoo_enthusiast at Lehigh Valley Zoo, United States

At the time of this writing, there are no photos of the Thomas' Camel in the ZooChat gallery.

 

Domestic Horse Equus ferus caballus
Ancestor: unknown population of Wild Horse Equus ferus
Domestication Date: circa 3500 BCE
Reasons for Domestication (original): work, transportation, herding
Current use: work, transportation, meat, therapy, herding, show, racing
Location domesticated: Kazakhstan


Photo of a Domestic Horse by @Maguari at Berlin Tierpark, Germany


Photo of Wild Horses by @Moebelle at The Wilds, United States

 

I'll change it.

 

Domestic Silkmoth Bombyx mori
Ancestor: Wild Silkmoth Bombyx mandarina
Domestication Date: circa 3000 BCE
Reasons for Domestication (original): silk, meat
Current use: silk, meat, animal food
Location Domesticated: China


Photo of domestic silk worm caterpillars by @Kakapo

At the time of this writing, there are no photos of the Wild Silkmoth in the ZooChat gallery.

 

Domestic Pigeon Columba livia domestica
Ancestor: Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Domestication Date: circa 3000 BCE
Reasons for Domestication (original): carrying messages
Current use: show, racing, meat, ornamental
Location Domesticated: Mediterranean


Photo of a Domestic Pigeon by @zoogiraffe in a private collection, United Kingdom

At the time of this writing, there are no photos of the Rock Pigeon in the ZooChat gallery.

 

Thomas' Camel is sort of a "filler species". It's the name scientists use to refer to the ancestor of the Dromedary.

The pigeon thing is fixed.

 

Domestic Greylag Goose Anser anser domesticus
Ancestor: Greylag Goose Anser anser
Domestication Date: circa 3000 BCE
Reason for Domestication (original): meat
Current use: meat, eggs , feathers, show, pest control, ornamental
Location Domesticated: Egypt


Photo of a Domestic Greylag Goose by @Astrobird at Cairns Wildlife Safari Reserve, Australia


Photo of wild Greylag Geese by @Macaw16 at Animal Education Centere, United Kingdom

 

If i recall correctly, Chester's birds are pure rock pigeon/rock dove, meaning that this photo shows the correct taxon: Rock Doves (Columba livia) Mating | ZooChat
I may be mistaken though, so let's wait to see if anyone confirms/corrects that

 

I do not think that they are pure. I disliked one specimen at Chester so much that I deleted a decent photograph of it - which was stupid, as it would have proved my point now. This bird had partially-feathered tarsometatarsi, which can also be seen in the female in bongorob's photo. I'm sure this indicates that they have some genes from domestic pigeons.

 

The information very well may be wrong. I'll do some more research, but fell free to change it if you know the actual information.

 

That's kind of rude. I did do research, but apparently not enough. I will continue to do it.

 

Why are you doing some changes but ignoring my comment?

 

That second link isn't working for me, but thanks. I haven't seen that before. However, the first link doesn't support the idea that dogs originated from gray wolves instead of them both being from a common ancestor. Two relevant quotes:

"Thus regardless of our assumptions on the identity of the wolf population from which dogs originated, we infer that dogs diverged from the sampled wolf populations at about the same time these wolf populations diverged from each other."

"Another alternative is that the wolf population (or populations) from which dogs originated has gone extinct and the current wolf diversity from each region represents novel younger wolf lineages, as suggested by their recent divergence from each other (Figure 5A). Our inference that wolves have gone through bottlenecks across Eurasia (Figures 3B, 5A) suggests a dynamic period for wolf populations over the last 20,000 years and that extinction of particular lineages is not inconceivable. Indeed, several external lines of evidence provide support for substantial turnover in wolf lineages."

The two other alternatives were both described as "unlikely".