>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.

Actually, on rethinking this, the rat may not be the winner if we include
domestic animals like dogs, cats or chickens.
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