On Mar 6, 2006, at 10:29 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote:
You are absolutely right Don. Moose and elk are closely related,
but not the
same species.
Again, the problem is poor use of names in North America. What are
called elk in North America are not closely related to moose, but
more closely related to caribou. They are not elk at all, but
wapiti. What is called elk in Europe look just like what Americans
call moose. Just more evidence that the Europeans who settled in
North America didn't know their animals and birds and got the names
all screwed up.
Bob
