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Re: The island rule: made to be broken?

To: DML <Dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: The island rule: made to be broken?
From: Gautam Majumdar <gmajumdar@freeuk.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:08:13 +0000
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On Friday 09 November 2007 21:58, Glen Ledingham wrote:
> I think they missed a group (clade?) that may be
> paricularly relevant to dinosaurs.  Pygmy elephants
> are well-known from the islands off California and, if
> memory is correct, from Mediterranean islands.

But among the subspecies of Indian elephants the largest subspecies comes from 
Sri Lanka, not Indian mainland.

-- 
gautam

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