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
gharial
Philippine tarsier endemic species
watercress darter endemic species
Galápagos giant tortoise endemic species
The Lion
surface form: lion
Madoqua kirkii
Galápagos hawks
surface form: Galápagos hawk
endemic species
Rhipsalis
surface form: Rhipsalis baccifera
Bulborb
Philortyx fasciatus
cabbage gum common name
Hastings River mouse
Paleosuchus
surface form: Paleosuchus palpebrosus
Spizella
surface form: Spizella passerina
Peucaea
surface form: Peucaea aestivalis
Penicillium camemberti fungus species
Geotrichum candidum fungus
Melospiza
surface form: Melospiza melodia
Pan troglodytes
Canis lupus
Phoeniconaias
surface form: Phoeniconaias minor
Deinonychus
surface form: Deinonychus antirrhopus
Choeronycteris
surface form: Choeronycteris mexicana
Helarctos
surface form: Helarctos malayanus
Bos javanicus
Sciurus carolinensis
sidewinder rattlesnake
surface form: Crotalus cerastes
Ophiostoma himal-ulmi fungus species
Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterial species
Bacillus anthracis bacterial species
Vibrio cholerae bacterial species
North American river otter
North American red squirrel species of rodent
North American least shrew
Echinococcus granulosus
red-billed curassow
Ophiostoma piceae fungus species
Mauritius kestrel endemic species
Rodrigues warbler endemic species
Hypsignathus
surface form: Hypsignathus monstrosus
Rodrigues fody endemic species
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Taenia saginata
Rhinella
surface form: Rhinella marina
Diceros bicornis
Ophiostoma quercus fungus species
Cercartetus
surface form: Cercartetus concinnus
Cercartetus concinnus
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
Osphranter antilopinus