>>12066275>should be considered hybridsThat's not the point. It's not about which populations are hybrids, but about whether the two species are one. If all individuals need to be hybrids before the species become one, then that doesn't apply to humans among which hybridization is not generalized (it doesn't happen without migration and only selected groups migrate).
Under your definition, they should be, since they naturally produce hybrids.
But it's generally accepted that they deserve to be different species. And up to now you haven't said that they shouldn't be.
Which means your definition is wrong.
>>12066275>All hybrids should not have special protection, only pure North American Grey Wolves should. Extending protected status to Coyote-Wolf hybrids such as the Red Wolf threatens the status of NA Grey WolvesThat comes down to protecting the purity of the grey wolves though. If all individuals were to be considered the same species and subspecies, like we do for humans, it should be fine to protect them all as one and let them hybridize.
But you didn't answer my question : are wolves and coyotes the same species and subspecies ?
>unrelated examples They're not unrelated. The relation is pretty clear : those are examples of different species illustrating how taxonomists use the category.
By comparison, we could use it the same way to find that humans are at least subspecies.
