Thanks for the link, now I know what I guessed earlier and more. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
----- Original Message ----- From: "Graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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http://www.nps.gov/bela/html/rangifer.htm
graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" -----------------------------------
Raimo K wrote:Yeah, but the Latin name is the same.
Looks like the only difference (and the reason for different names) is that they line on a different continent.
All the best!
Raimo K
Personal photography homepage at:
http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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graywolf,
In eleven days in the park, I never heard one person call these animals
reindeer. The color on these animals is off somewhat due to the heavy smoke
(from the fires north of Fairbanks) that pervaded the park for the first
several days I was there.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 1:05 PM Subject: Re: What a Rack!
After the original post I looked it up. Reindeer is the name of the
domesticated
animal, carribou the name of the wild animal. Interestingly enough, no one
has
been able to domesticate current carribou. Either those cavemen were
smarter
than we are, or the animal was dumber back then (grin).
The photo is of reindeer, BTW; carribou are amost always some shade of
brown.
graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" -----------------------------------
Illinois Bill wrote:
> Actually,
>
> Caribou and Reindeer are different in that they live in
> geographically different (and separate) portions of the Earth.
> Technically though, they are able to interbreed and produce fertile
> offspring (the requirements of a species), hence the same Latin
> (species) name. This came up in a discussion recently when > scientists
> postulated (in an article in a local paper) that if current trends
> continue, that reindeer will no longer be found south of the Arctic
> Circle (which actually included caribou too)
>
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