type species
the species of a genus that is regarded as the best example of the generic characters of the genus; the species from which a genus was originally named.
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The type-species of this genus is the Negro Cynopithecus, who is wholly black, and a little smaller than the Baboon.
The Desert World | Arthur ManginTo recognise the identity of phenomena which thus differ only in degree, we must assume a type-species.
Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic | William StebbingWithin each of the families the species branch off from a parent or type species.
Form and Function | E. S. (Edward Stuart) RussellThere has been considerable debate as to whether Geoffroy did or did not designate a type species of the genus Trionyx (1809a).
North American Recent Soft-shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae) | Robert G. WebbThere are more than twenty type species named from the Mountain, not a few of which are found nowhere else.
The Mountain that was 'God' | John H. Williams
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