How to Use subspecies in a Sentence

subspecies

noun

• There are two subspecies of bison in North America.
• The makos refers to the two subspecies of mako shark – shortfin and longfin.
  — James Rogers, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2020
• Rios are by far the most abundant of the three subspecies of wild turkeys found in Texas.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 26 Mar. 2021
• The local subspecies can weigh up to 8 pounds and the largest birds can have a wingspan of 7 feet or more.
  — NOLA.com, 26 May 2017
• Of the world’s five rhino species, the northern white—one of two subspecies of white rhinos—drew the short straw.
  — Damon Casarez, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2021
• In the Atlantic Ocean north of the equator, two subspecies exist.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 10 June 2021
• The last male, Sudan, died in 2018, raising fears the subspecies is on the verge of extinction.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 7 Nov. 2020
• Roy often claimed that white tigers were a distinct subspecies of tiger.
  — Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2022
• The Grant's zebra is the smallest of the seven subspecies of the plains zebra and are part of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem in the wild, according to the zoo.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 13 May 2022
• About a third of the subspecies, which breeds along the Atlantic coast, spends the winter months on a clutch of islands in the Bahamas called the Joulter Cays.
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2021
• The Sumatran tiger subspecies has much narrower stripes than the others and has more of them.
  — Andrew Cushing, The Conversation, 23 Nov. 2020
• In 2017, the Frye Fire wiped out much of its habitat on Mount Graham, the only place the red squirrel subspecies lives.
  — Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2020
• The Sierra Nevada red fox is one of 10 North American subspecies of the red fox.
  — Scott Sonner, ajc, 3 Aug. 2021
• Mexican gray wolves are the smallest of the gray wolf subspecies, according to the zoo.
  — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2022
• The last male, Sudan, died in 2018, raising concern that the subspecies was on the verge of extinction.
  — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 19 Aug. 2020
• The western lowland gorilla, one of four subspecies of the great ape.
  — NBC News, 26 Jan. 2022
• The great white heron, a pure white subspecies of the great blue heron, resides along the coastlines of southern Florida.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 29 Dec. 2020
• Horned larks are still alive today in the form of two subspecies found in open, airy habitats across the Northern hemisphere.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2020
• Tiny Gam is one of the only places on earth where the red bird of paradise (Paradisaea rubra), one of 14 subspecies, can be found.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 21 Feb. 2021
• The Mexican subspecies of the Virginia opossum has appeared eight times in front of the cameras during the study over the past year.
  — AZCentral.com, 15 Apr. 2021
• Compared to the smallest tiger subspecies — the Sumatran tiger, which is only the weight of a large adult man — these tigers are truly king-size.
  — Lauren Kent, CNN, 8 June 2020
• In the 1960s one subspecies of the common ostrich went extinct from hunting and habitat loss.
  — National Geographic, 4 Aug. 2020
• In most subspecies, pairs mate in private, but the South African ostrich mates in front of any other females that might be around.
  — Tom McNamara, Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2020
• As a result, the northern white rhino subspecies is on the brink of extinction.
  — Sara Spary, CNN, 22 Oct. 2021
• In China, a subspecies called the white-handed gibbon may have gone extinct as well.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2017
• Next, check out mangaves, a cross between agave plants — some of which are the source of tequila — and a subspecies, manfreda.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Oct. 2020
• There are four species of the iconic long-necked mammals and several subspecies.
  — Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2021
• The West African black rhino was one of four subspecies of rhinoceros.
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2022
• The western lowland gorilla is the most widespread and numerous of the four subspecies, according to the World Wildlife Fund, although the exact size of the population is unknown.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 12 Nov. 2022
• These two subspecies both have the dark, hourglass-shaped bands, but the northern copperhead (found around the Tennessee River) has a slightly darker and more reddish color than the southern copperhead, which is found in the rest of the state.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 1 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024