Re: Attn: Wildlife Biologists

From: Domingo Zungri <kdzungri_at_comcast.net_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:11:46 -0000

Joy:

According to the National Geographic Society's "Wild Animals of North America" (1979), there are two species of wild sheep in North America: *Ovis dalli,* Dall's Sheep, and *Ovis canadensis,* the Bighorn Sheep. Stone's Sheep is a subspecies of Dall's Sheep, and Desert Bighorns are a subspecies of Bighorn.

The same source also states that Polar Bears and Brown Bears have mated in zoos and produced fertile offspring, confirming that they are closely related.

The Wikipedia entries on these animals seem perfectly adequate and accurate, BTW. Is this a case of "I don't join any club that would accept me as a member," perhaps?

I like to think of Wikipedia sort of as the Hebrew National of Internet Information: They act like they have to answer to a Higher Authority.

--Domingo

P.S. If you really are back working at a magazine, then this information is probably too late for your deadline. Sorry; but I suppose you get what you pay for.

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, Joy McCann <joy.mccann@...> wrote:
>
> The way I got the story, there are four main types of North American wild
> sheep: Dall, Stone, Rocky Mountain Bighorn, and Desert Bighorn. However, the
> Desert Bighorns are actually several subspecies of Rocky Mountain Bighorn,
> IIRC.
>
> And, no: I don't trust the folks at Wikipedia. Do you know what kinds of
> people write at Wikipedia? Like laws and sausages, Bay-bee.
>
> And is it true that Polar Bears can mate with Brown bears and produce
> fertile offspring?
>
> Yeah; I'm back at Hunting. And I'm rusty.
>
> --Joy
>
>
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Received on 2009-03-15 11:12:01