Given R's origin in Auckland, NZ, perhaps something a little less North American than a raccoon might be appropriate. If a mascot didn't have to be animate, a pohutakawa flower (metrosideros excelsa) would be an excellent choice:
- The Pohutakawa is called 'The New Zealand Christmas Tree', the flowers are red, the leaves are green, it flowers around Christmas, and R has been a real "Christmas present" to the world - The Pohutakawa tree is not a particularly beautiful tree, but it's pretty tough, thriving on coastal cliffs. They can grow fairly big, can be bigger than an oak tree. - The flower is a bottlebrush; think of it as a "vectorised" flower and its aptness for R is obvious. - The Metrosideros genus is wider spread (it's also in the Kermadec Islands, Australia, and Hawaii) and the Pohutakawa proper is now found in many parts of Australia. - An image of a Pohutakawa flower would just be so gorgeous. ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
