subspecies
/suhb-spee-sheez, suhb-spee-/US // ˈsʌbˌspi ʃiz, sʌbˈspi- //UK // (ˈsʌbˌspiːʃiːz) //
亚种,子种,分种,亚型
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural sub·spe·cies.
- : a subdivision of a species, especially a geographical or ecological subdivision.
Examples
High office for a Hollywood (or some subspecies of) celebrity is not as outlandish as it once was—say, five or 10 minutes ago.
This is inconsistent with the ordinarily accepted concept of subspecies.
Also, on the basis of this same index, some subspecies of D. ordii are more generalized than is any other species in the genus.
Intergradation occurs with the latter subspecies at Vernal, Uintah County, in cranial measurements and in color.
Six different complexes (groups) of subspecies of D. ordii have probably arisen as a result of geographical separation.
Intergrades with Dipodomys ordii utahensis are discussed under the account of that subspecies.
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