species

C160
concept

A species is a group of organisms that share common characteristics and are capable of interbreeding to produce fertile offspring, forming a distinct unit of biological classification.

All labels observed (28)

Label Occurrences
species canonical 730
endemic species 92
extinct species 36

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: species
Generated description
A species is a group of organisms that share common characteristics and are capable of interbreeding to produce fertile offspring, forming a distinct unit of biological classification.

Instances (883)

Instance Via concept surface
Anomalocaris
surface form: Anomalocaris canadensis
Pikaia
surface form: Pikaia gracilens
Charnia masoni extinct species
Lion
Laysan rail (extinct)
surface form: Laysan rail
extinct species
Bison antiquus extinct species
Petaurista caniceps
Snow goose
surface form: Anser caerulescens
Petaurista magnificus species of rodent
Kashmir woolly flying squirrel species of rodent
Tibetan woolly flying squirrel species of rodent
Nephrops norvegicus
Yunnan woolly flying squirrel species of rodent
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
Camelus ferus
Sardinops
surface form: Sardinops sagax
thatch palm common name
North Atlantic right whale whale species
Tursiops truncatus
Rynchops
surface form: Rynchops niger
Micronema
surface form: Micronema apogon
Duopalatinus
surface form: Duopalatinus emarginatus
Pterodoras
surface form: Pterodoras granulosus
Malapterurus electricus
Cnidoglanis
surface form: Cnidoglanis macrocephalus
soapbark tree
surface form: Quillaja saponaria
Neoconger
surface form: Neoconger mucronatus
Phalacronotus
surface form: Phalacronotus apogon
Nemadoras
surface form: Nemadoras humeralis
Breitensteinia
surface form: Breitensteinia insignis
Nemichthys
surface form: Nemichthys scolopaceus
Menura
surface form: Menura novaehollandiae
Helicophagus
surface form: Helicophagus waandersii
Muraenesox
surface form: Muraenesox cinereus
Hawaiian coot (ʻalae keʻokeʻo)
surface form: Hawaiian coot
endemic species
Ilyophis
surface form: Ilyophis brunneus
Semotilus
surface form: Semotilus atromaculatus
Bos frontalis
Bos mutus
Bos acutifrons extinct species
Bos namadicus extinct species
Myroconger nigrodentatus
Cebuella
surface form: Cebuella pygmaea
Callimico
surface form: Callimico goeldii
Alpine chamois
Mission blue butterfly insect
San Bruno elfin butterfly insect
Pinus pinaster
Galeichthys feliceps
Lepus californicus