Brett Coster wrote: > >Well, the dingo is Canis familiaris dingo, a separate species from Canis >familiaris familiaris (common dog), even though they can and do interbreed >and produce viable offspring. > Duh, so they _are_ the same species, because the third part of the name is subspecies [like Homo sapiens sapiens and Homo sapiens neanderthalensis -- if the Neanderthal are another species, their name should be changed to Homo neanderthalensis]. Also, interbreeding _and_ producing fertile offspring is the criterium for same-speciesness.
Alberto Monteiro
