and Lord Baltimore didn't name the oriole....
and Joe California didn't name the California condor...
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From: "Steve Roman" <cicind...@gmail.com>
To: <MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [mou-net] Why a Canada Goose isn't Canadian
So Jim Florida didn't name the Florida Scrub Jay?
Steve Roman
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Laura Erickson" <chickadee.erick...@gmail.com>
To: <MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: [mou-net] Why a Canada Goose isn't Canadian
The Canada Goose was named by Linnaeus in 1758, and gets its name from
its
breeding range.
It is of course perfectly acceptable and correct to call one a "Canadian
goose" if you see it's passport or some other verification of its
citizenship.
Best, Laura Erickson
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Jeff Stephenson
<stephensonj...@charter.net
wrote:
I just read the information below on Wiki Answers. I don't know if it's
true (anybody else know) but if so then since the goose was named after
a
person not Canada then it makes sense that it shouldn't be called a
Canadian
Goose. I also didn't know a person could name a new species after
themselves.
*****************************
John Canada was the taxidermist who first identified and classified the
Canada Goose from the North. He decided to name the bird after himself,
hence the name Canada Goose.
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Jeff Stephenson
Olmsted County, Rochester MN
Cell Phone 507 254 8194
Home Phone 507 289 7635
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