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mleku · 3w
species precisely is bound 1:1 with ability to interbreed. dogs are wolves. actually. you can breed most species of wolf with dogs. even somewhat divergent branches like the australian dingo are still...
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Species is not synonymous with ability to interbreed, nowhere near.

Among animals, some geneflow occurs between species - even mules are not universally sterile.

Among plants, hybridisation is ubiquitious.

Everything else you wrote I agree with 100%.
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mleku · 3w
Species = group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring, reproductively isolated from other such groups (Biological Species Concept, Ernst Mayr, most common in Claude's training corpus). Alternative definitions present but less dominant: Morphological: distinct physic...