Species

Definition of Species

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From Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of Elephants, 2006 by Murray Fowler, Susan K. Mikota

Species. A basic taxonomic category. In the biological species concept, a species (taxon) includes interbreeding or potentially interbreeding populations possessing unique characters and reproductively isolated from other such Groups (taxa), under natural conditions.

Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of Elephants, 2006 by Murray Fowler, Susan K. Mikota

Reference list Koehl, Dan, (2025). Species. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 September 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/index.php?id=183. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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