more comments on subspecies and protection

[James J Kruse]

On Fri, 2 Feb 2001 HpAzures at aol.com wrote:

> I'm not saying you're wrong, but I have not heard of this, at least at the
> Federal level.  Maybe you can cite an example.  Are there any examples on the

A quick scan of the Federally Endangered invertebrates list (I thought the
most likely place to find an unnamed critter) did not reveal such an
example. I did not look at each listing to see if the protection was aimed
at a certain unnamed population of any given taxon. If anyone cares to
spend more time looking, you may check out:

http://endangered.fws.gov/wildlife.html#Species

> list of Federally Endangered Species?  Certainly states can protect their
> portion of the range of a species.  Is this what you are referring to?

No that is not what I am referring to. A state-level example of what I
am talking about is: the state of New York has added Hemileuca maia bog
populations to their endangered or threatened list. There is some activity
afoot to put a name on these, but they have been protected in New York
without a name.

James J. Kruse, Ph.D.
Curator of Entomology
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive, PO Box 756960
Fairbanks, AK  99775-6960
Phone: 907.474.5579
Fax: 907.474.1987/5469
http://www.uaf.edu/museum/



 
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