subspecific
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Lacking specimens in breeding plumage, I was unable to determine the subspecific affinities of the population at Tenom.
From Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 by Max C. Thompson
The differential characters of these three named kinds of Spilogale are principally those of size, and we can see no characters judged to be of more than subspecific worth.
From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Marsupials, Insectivores and Carnivores by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
It follows, therefore, that in some cases ornithologists do not agree upon a bird's claim to subspecific rank.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
Other characters that are useful in separating the two alleged species now are known to vary geographically in a fashion that indicates only subspecific status for the two kinds.
From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Marsupials, Insectivores and Carnivores by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
The subspecific identity of specimen No. 174762 USNM, a skin only, from Nobleville, Hamilton Co.,
From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
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