现生种

现生种英语:)一般是使用在仍然存活的分类单元(诸如物种或是),是今生物学的主要研究对象。这个词汇与灭绝形成对比。比如说,北极狼是一种现生物种,而日本狼则是已灭绝的物种。同样地,软件动物头足纲的已知群体,大约有600种的现生种和7500种的已灭绝种。[1].

注释

  1. Barnes, Robert D., , Saunders College Publishing, Philadelphia, USA, 1987, ISBN 003008914X
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