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Linnaeus's elephant type specimen mix-up
From: Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com
Not exactly paleo-related but an interesting historical issue in
zoology. A check of Linnaeus's original type specimen for the Indian
elephant (Elephas maximus) shows it is actually a specimen of the
African elephant (Loxodonta africana). The type specimens need to be
revised. Here's a link to the online article with a podcast:
http://www.nature.com/news/linnaeus-s-asian-elephant-was-wrong-species-1.14063