subspecific
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It is improbable that the fact of subspecific differentiation in Penthestes gambeli has been altogether overlooked previous to the present time.
From The Subspecies of the Mountain Chickadee by Grinnell, Joseph
The subspecific status of M. aureolum in the Kansas River Basin is to be the subject of another paper.
From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by Minckley, W. L.
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 Chapman, Frank M.
All show in apparently equal degree the long tail and cinnamon tinge of sides and back, these features together constituting the grounds for separate subspecific recognition of a Rocky Mountain form.
From The Subspecies of the Mountain Chickadee by Grinnell, Joseph
In subspecific diagnoses in this report, color and size, and sometimes relative size, are the characters usually mentioned.
From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.
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