SUBSPECIES

Subspecies

In biological classification, subspecies is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, or a taxonomic unit in that rank. A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one.

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subspecies

Noun

  1. A rank in the classification of organisms, below species
  2. A taxon at that rank
    In zoology and bacteriology, subspecies is the only rank below that of species which is formally accepted by the relevant nomenclatural Code.


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