15What is a species?

15 What is a species? species— (a) means a group of biological entities that— (i) interbreed to produce fertile offspring; or (ii) possess common characteristics derived from a common gene pool; and (i) a subspecies; and (ii) a variety; and (iii) a distinct population of biological entities prescribed by regulation to be a species. subspecies means a geographically separate population of a species, being a population that is characterised by morphological or biological differences from other populations of that species.