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
thick-billed parrot
Herring common name
Daurian hedgehog
Menidia
surface form: Menidia menidia
Camponotus pennsylvanicus ant species
Kuiterichthys
surface form: Kuiterichthys furcipilis
Jamaican hutia species of rodent
Colpichthys
surface form: Colpichthys regis
silver arawana
surface form: Osteoglossum bicirrhosum
Tigers
surface form: Tiger
Species
Formica rufa species of ant
Namib sand geckos
surface form: Namib sand gecko
species of gecko
Terrapin common name
Philortyx
surface form: Philortyx fasciatus
Lasius niger ant species
Morton
surface form: Choeropsis liberiensis
Manoao
surface form: Manoao colensoi
Takifugu rubripes
Dicotylichthys
surface form: Dicotylichthys punctulatus
Lactoria
surface form: Lactoria cornuta
Aluterus
surface form: Aluterus scriptus
Tetrosomus
surface form: Tetrosomus gibbosus
Anas acuta
Open Bay Islands skink endemic species
Clostridioides difficile bacterial species
Group B Streptococcus bacterial species
Danaus plexippus insect
Tapirus indicus
Lucania
surface form: Lucania goodei
Scarlet ibis is national bird of Trinidad
surface form: Scarlet ibis
Adinia
surface form: Adinia xenica
Megupsilon
surface form: Megupsilon aporus
extinct species
perentie
surface form: Perentie
species of lizard
Arctocephalus townsendi
southern right whale whale species
Solanum lycopersicum
Dendrobates tinctorius
Madagascar hissing cockroach insect
radiated tortoise
surface form: Astrochelys radiata
Madagascar teal
Lycalopex
surface form: Lycalopex culpaeus
Caenorhabditis elegans nematode species
Ascaris lumbricoides
Meloidogyne incognita
Cryolophosaurus
surface form: Cryolophosaurus ellioti
Gyps fulvus
pinyon jay
Mycobacterium kansasii bacterial species
Mycobacterium ulcerans bacterial species
Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacterial species