>All my taxonomy
> > sources classify American Elk as Cervus elaphus with canadensis as
> > a
> > subspecies to distinguish it from the Red Deer of Europe.
> >
> Interesting... all mine say they're different species. Mind you, my
> books are a little out of date now, and I don't have a copy of MSW3 to
> hand to get a definitive answer. Wikipedia does, however, cite
>
>http://www.wzw.tum.de/wildbio/paper/cerphyl.pdf#search=%22Barbary%20red%20deer%22
> as an article supporting its (and my) information. Should anyone care
> enough to read it, which I doubt... :)
All right, I think this is a question of European vs American
scientists at work here. I suspect your books are a bit "English" with
that whiff of Eastern (well, it's east of ME) mysticism and your
online source has a German domain, while all my books are proper
American SCIENCE! and my online sources have good, proper, normal,
.edu domains. ;)