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From: debbie@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Debbie Forest)
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Subject: Re: What distinguishes a species?
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In article <3251@hp-sdd.hp.com> andrea@hp-sdd.UUCP (Andrea K. Frankel) writes:
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>Physical difficulties notwithstanding - if you (ahem) gathered sperm
>from a St.  Bernard and artificially inseminated a Chihuahua in heat,
>you would get offspring which were themselves fertile.

well, no, you'd probably actually get an exploding chihuahua, but...  :-)

yes, all dogs are the same species.  but why then aren't wolves in the
species too, since dogs and wolves can cross-breed?