A Distinct population segment is a term with meaning under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. It is used to describe a "discrete" and "significant" population of a single species. The term has no defined scientific meaning.
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Distinct population segment
Organism Classification Rank
Classifications at this rank:
- Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Northern Copperbelly water snake
- Eastern Painted Bunting
- Marbled Godwit (James Bay population)
- Columbia Basin Greater Sage Grouse
- Southern Appalachian Red Crossbill
- Hawaiian Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
- Southern Appalachian Black-capped Chickadee
- American Samoa Shy Ground-Dove
- Southern Appalachian Northern Saw-whet Owl
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