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
Xenicus longipes extinct species
Christmas Island red crab
Chersina
surface form: Chersina angulata
Himalayan tahr
Amami rabbit endemic species
Amami tip-nosed frog endemic species
Juramaia
surface form: Juramaia sinensis
Eomaia
surface form: Eomaia scansoria
Littorina littorea
Chelonia
surface form: Chelonia mydas
Capra walie
house mouse (Mus musculus)
surface form: Mus musculus
Callospermophilus
surface form: Callospermophilus lateralis
Poliocitellus
surface form: Poliocitellus franklinii
Atlantoxerus
surface form: Atlantoxerus getulus
Ammospermophilus
surface form: Ammospermophilus leucurus
forest guineafowl
Sciurus vulgaris
Alpine ibex
Chum salmon
small tree finch
medium tree finch
Salmon common name
sambar deer
Notocitellus
surface form: Notocitellus adocetus
Lariscus
surface form: Lariscus insignis
Menetes
surface form: Menetes berdmorei
Aeretes
surface form: Aeretes melanopterus
Belomys
surface form: Belomys pearsonii
Iomys
surface form: Iomys horsfieldii
Trogopterus
surface form: Trogopterus xanthipes
Spriggina
surface form: Spriggina floundersi
Sciurillus pusillus species of rodent
American alligator
Thermoproteus tenax
Eupetaurus
surface form: Eupetaurus cinereus
Babyrousa babyrussa
Sus cebifrons
Sus verrucosus
Sus philippensis
Sus bucculentus
Sus oliveri extinct species
Sus ahoenobarbus
Pecari tajacu
Tayassu pecari
Catagonus
surface form: Catagonus wagneri
Lama glama
Lama guanicoe
Lark bunting
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni