[Tribune7]

You tell me. They appear to fit the definition you just offered me.

We aren't the only ones debating it.

Traditionally, they've been separate species. In 1993, the Smithsonian and American Society of Mammalogists deemed dogs to be a subspecies of wolves.

[donh]

Traditionally, they've been separate species. In 1993, the Smithsonian and American Society of Mammalogists deemed dogs to be a subspecies of wolves.

Well, we know that can't be, because we don't have any intermediate fossil evidence of the transition from wolf to poodle.