Comments on: Hiding In Plain Sight: New Birds and Bats http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/barcode-new-sp/ for Bigfoot, Loch Ness, and More Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:13:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: DWA http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/barcode-new-sp/#comment-26108 DWA Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:36:46 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/barcode-new-sp/#comment-26108 It's all just people, categorizin'. There were once a few dozen species of grizzly bear - in Alaska. Now the Gobi bear, the Yezo bear, the horse bear, the Kodiak bear and the griz are all one. But wait! Those two ravens over there are DIFFERENT SPECIES! We're the ultimate cryptid, I tell you. It’s all just people, categorizin’.

There were once a few dozen species of grizzly bear - in Alaska. Now the Gobi bear, the Yezo bear, the horse bear, the Kodiak bear and the griz are all one.

But wait! Those two ravens over there are DIFFERENT SPECIES!

We’re the ultimate cryptid, I tell you.

]]> By: kittenz http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/barcode-new-sp/#comment-26107 kittenz Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:39:33 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/barcode-new-sp/#comment-26107 When it comes to taxonomy I am more of a lumper than a splitter, so I don't necessarily agree that all these animals are actually separate species and not just local races or subspecies. But if reclassifying a threatened race or subspecies as a separate species will result in better official protection to ensure its survival, I'm all for it. When it comes to taxonomy I am more of a lumper than a splitter, so I don’t necessarily agree that all these animals are actually separate species and not just local races or subspecies.

But if reclassifying a threatened race or subspecies as a separate species will result in better official protection to ensure its survival, I’m all for it.

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