From: Alex Ferguson (alex@dcs.gla.ac.uk)
Date: Sun 04 Sep 1994 - 05:21:18 EEST
Sandy:
> Alex:
> >Joerg and I can both claim to have cohabited, country-wise, with
> >_Alces alces_
> really? What country? I know there's none in Scotland or
> mainland Germany.
Sweden. (In my case, at least.) Not that downtown Go:teborg is a major migration route, exactly.
> >But _Cervus canadensis_ isn't _that_ much bigger, is it?
> 1) it's not universally agreed to be a separate species from
> C. elaphus.
I've only seen one source that says any different (though others mention the same-species as an Opposing Theory). At any rate, referring to wapiti as C. elaphus, without (sub)species distinction, when speaking _exclusively_ about them (e.g. how little we europeans evidently know about them) is non-useful.
I've also seen a reference which claims moose are a distinct species from the (eurasian) elk, come to that, which I feel I should mention in case this raises any qualms about relabelling them all en moose masse.
> Unless stimulated to further action by needling beyond endurance, I
> plan to cease posting about the great Elk controversy.
No, no, Great Elk are something _completely_ different, aren't they?
Alex.
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