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They can cross breed with each other and produce fertile offspring. If they were separate species the babies would be sterile. Sub-species are alot like locals, just minor differences usually just size and or colors.
Any prooves or examples on this ? I cant imagine that a merumontanus can be crossed with any of the Kenyan subspecies, nor can I imagine that j.j. and j.x. can produce offspring. Those two species are so often sent together in shippments, there would appear crosses frequently if this would be possible
Any prooves or examples on this ? I cant imagine that a merumontanus can be crossed with any of the Kenyan subspecies, nor can I imagine that j.j. and j.x. can produce offspring. Those two species are so often sent together in shippments, there would appear crosses frequently if this would be possible
Also, I don't believe that there are any other recognized subspecies besides xantholophus, jacksonii, and merumontanus. For example, T. j. "willegensis" is not a valid taxon.
Actually the description of Trioceros jacksonii xantholophus (Eason et al., 1988) suggests that there may be gene exchange between T. j. jacksonii and T. j. xantholophus along their contact zone in the wild (around Kagumo), even listing the locality as "C. j. jacksonii x xantholophus" in the distribution figure.
Chris
Any prooves or examples on this ? I cant imagine that a merumontanus can be crossed with any of the Kenyan subspecies, nor can I imagine that j.j. and j.x. can produce offspring. Those two species are so often sent together in shippments, there would appear crosses frequently if this would be possible