At 08:20 PM 11/17/95 -0500, you wrote:
>>Getting back *toward* birds, at least, this brings up a question
>>someone asked Dennis: what is the largest (body size) species of
>>vertebrate (was it terrestrial vert?) extant that equals or exceeds
>>that of Homo sapiens in number of individuals?
>>
>>David Wright
>
>I would think that any such creature would have to be a human commensal with
>a global range. I'll vote for the brown rat.


I'll have to go with "rug rat."

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