# Question Regarding Subspecies Identification

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/question-regarding-subspecies-identification/39027>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [February 1, 2023, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/question-regarding-subspecies-identification/39027 "2023-02-01T08:37:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![cthawley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/cthawley/32/1445_2.png) [@cthawley](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cthawley)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/question-regarding-subspecies-identification/39027/8 "2023-02-01T17:32:05Z")

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There’s been a fair amount of conversation about this issue in previous posts. Some useful ones are:  
[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/id-based-on-range-or-appearance/524](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/id-based-on-range-or-appearance/524)  
[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/benefit-significance-of-adding-subspecies/38461](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/benefit-significance-of-adding-subspecies/38461)  
so referring to the ideas there may be useful.

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