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Conversion problem

The distance caribou migrate as stated is 1,500 miles (900 km). This conversion is incorrect--1500 km = 900 miles, not vice versa. I'm not changing it because I don't know which is the correct number. 128.174.88.236 (talk) 17:46, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This was fixed (1500 mi=2400 km). Dger (talk) 23:42, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

According to the latest research 900 miles (actually 840 miles to be more precise) was the scientifically correct distance. Corrections were duly made, and the authoritative reference source provided accordingly. Joe Gatt (talk) 20:56, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: California Natural History

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 24 August 2022 and 2 December 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Ninikuhn (article contribs).

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Taxonomy confusion

User:Lee E Harding, I see divergent content here. Two different names are given to Porcupine caribou: Rangifer arcticus arcticus and Rangifer tarandus granti. Which is it? -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 18:02, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

? I just went through that yesterday and thought I fixed everything. I also added a (perhaps lengthy) historical explanation of how "granti" came to be misapplied to the Porcupine herd. Did I miss something?

BTW, I took photos of this herd in 1972; not really very good, but they show a mass of caribou migrating that is not shown in the existing photos. I wrote articles about them for Nature Canada and Canadian Geographic. I've put off learning the intricacies of assigning a CC license to a photo and then tagging the photo with the license URL. -LEH Lee E Harding (talk) 19:53, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Lee E Harding, the infobox stills says Rangifer tarandus granti. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 23:57, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have made an adjustment with citation to clear up some of the ambiguity. R. a. granti (preferable over R. t. granti) refers to a subspecies extant in the Alaska Peninsula region. عُثمان (talk) 13:55, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]