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In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are often used, such as similarity of DNA, morphology or ecological niche. Presence of specific locally adapted traits may further subdivide species into subspecies.

The commonly used names for plant and animal taxa sometimes correspond to species: for example, "lion," "walrus," and "Camphor tree" – each refers to a species. In other cases common names do not: for example, "deer" refers to a family of 34 species, including Eld's Deer, Red Deer and Elk (Wapiti). The last two species were once considered a single species, illustrating how species boundaries may change with increased scientific knowledge.

Each species is placed within a single genus. This is a hypothesis that the species is more closely related to other species within its genus than to species of other genera. All species are given a binomial name consisting of the generic name and specific name (or specific epithet). For example, Boa constrictor, which is commonly called by its bionomial name, and is one of five species of the Boa genus.

A usable definition of the word "species" and reliable methods of identifying particular species are essential for stating and testing biological theories and for measuring biodiversity. Traditionally, multiple examples of a proposed species must be studied for unifying characters before it can be regarded as a species. Extinct species known only from fossils are generally difficult to give precise taxonomic rankings to.

Because of the difficulties with both defining and tallying the total numbers of different species in the world, it is estimated that there are anywhere between 2 and 100 million different species.

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Fri Sep 3 01:14:00 2010

What species of tree grows to be the largest?
Q. I would like to know what species of tree, in general, grows to be the largest in terms of volume.
Asked by ellie - Mon Jul 26 12:36:50 2010 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments

A. beringin tree,.
Answered by mbah jahid - Tue Aug 3 02:11:21 2010

We lose species to extinction every year. How many can the planet lose before the whole ecosystem collapses?
Q. Is this even a possibility. I know some people say that other species will fill a gap, but is it possible to create too many gaps and/or gaps that are too big to fill?
Asked by Sharon M - Mon Dec 3 08:23:31 2007 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. No body truly knows when the true complete collapse would happen each extinstion can be compensated by another breed. Just in the insect world are 920,000 "Known species of insects and each division has countless numbers, So just in the insect world different ones are more than any zoo on earth could show for exhibit. Animal are just as complex over 15,000 and the comprise of countless know and unknown divisions. Just the fish of the oceans only a portion of them is discovered
Answered by WAYNE T - Mon Dec 3 08:56:28 2007

How many species of flowering plants are there in the world?
Q. I need to know an average amount of how many flowering plant species there are in the world for a paper I am writing. I cant seem to find it anywhere on google or yahoo. I will keep trying but if you have read it somewhere or have seen this, please let me know. Thankyou!
Asked by Em. - Tue Oct 9 16:26:33 2007 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Flowering plant diversity Quoted from wikipedia "The number of species of flowering plants is estimated to be in the range of 250,000 to 400,000. [2] [3] [4] " Species counts by country or region United KingdomGBR1,550.0
Answered by gardengallivant - Tue Oct 9 17:06:49 2007

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