Querying MediaWiki API for links on a page does not return all links

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I am looking to get the links on this WikiQuote page. I would like to see what subcategories exist under the ‘Fundamental’ category. They appear as links on the page, so it seemed natural to ask the API for the links. I only get back the “Category schemes” and “Main page” links, which exist in the introduction. What am I doing wrong/what have I misunderstood here?

CODE

function httpGetAsync(theUrl, callback){
    xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function() { 
        if (xmlHttp.readyState == 4 && xmlHttp.status == 200){
            callback(xmlHttp.responseText);
        } 
    }
    xmlHttp.open("GET", theUrl, true); // true for asynchronous
    xmlHttp.send('null');
}

function callback(json_response){
    stuff = json_response;
    console.log(JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(json_response), null, 2));
}

httpGetAsync('http://en.wikiquote.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=links&titles=Category:Fundamental&origin=*&format=json', callback);

Output

{
  "batchcomplete": "",
  "query": {
    "pages": {
      "4480": {
        "pageid": 4480,
        "ns": 14,
        "title": "Category:Fundamental",
        "links": [
          {
            "ns": 4,
            "title": "Wikiquote:Category schemes"
          },
          {
            "ns": 14,
            "title": "Category:Main page"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Intro links returned, subcategory links are not

2

Is this what you are looking for?

httpGetAsync('https://en.wikiquote.org/w/api.php?&action=query&list=categorymembers&cmtitle=Category:Fundamental&cmtype=subcat&origin=*&format=json', callback);
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Yes, that is exactly what I needed, thank you!

Any idea why they wouldn’t appear as links?