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
Giraffa camelopardalis
Vicugna pacos
Phacochoerus africanus
European rabbit
northern flicker
Sus scrofa
Bos indicus
Balistes
surface form: Balistes capriscus
Pseudobalistes
surface form: Pseudobalistes fuscus
Patagonian gray fox
Vitis vinifera
wingceltis common name
Cactus wren
American black bear bear species
Brevibacterium linens bacterial species
little spotted kiwi endemic species
takahē endemic species
hihi
kererū endemic species
Indian giant squirrel species of rodent
Indian crested porcupine species of rodent
Capreolus capreolus
Mirounga angustirostris
Virginia opossum
Caracal caracal
Neofelis nebulosa
Panthera onca
Leptailurus serval
Panthera uncia
great shearwater
Gough moorhen endemic species
Gough bunting endemic species
snowy egret
Seychelles fody endemic species
Aldabra drongo endemic species
Inaccessible Island rail endemic species
Fiordland crested penguin / tawaki
surface form: Fiordland crested penguin
endemic species
Neofelis
surface form: Neofelis nebulosa
Indian wild dog (dhole)
surface form: Indian wild dog
species of canid
Oreamnos
surface form: Oreamnos americanus
Aldabra rail endemic species
Eurasian sparrowhawk
Mycobacterium bovis bacterial species
Inaccessible Island finch endemic species
Taxodium
surface form: Taxodium distichum
takahe
surface form: takahē
endemic species
Macadamia
surface form: Macadamia integrifolia
Bombyx mandarina
American pika
Bouteloua
surface form: Bouteloua gracilis