I’m confused why the domestic rabbit, an invasive subspecies of the European rabbit seems to have all the conservation statuses from the European rabbit. I put the domestic rabbit down as least concern, but the list on the taxon page includes everything from European rabbit as well. Is this as intended?
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Also true for varieties – see the domestic swan goose, listed as vulnerable because of the status on the parent species.
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Meadow Jumping Mouse as a species is a Least Concern, but two of its subspecies – New Mexico and Preble’s – are federally listed and thus their location data on iNat is obscured. I believe iNat accurately reflects the different statuses of the species as a whole vs the vulnerable subspecies.
But I can see in some cases the status in some populations can get carried over into other populations where it does not apply. An example is Aoudad (Barbary Sheep) which as a species is considered Vulnerable in its native rage but also in the introduced U.S. populations, where that status really does not apply.
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Currently, yes. We don’t have functionality at present to make exceptions for descendent taxa (or geographic places), so that would be a new feature.
Have you found a manageable workaround in the European rabbit case? I see the global status at the species level has been removed.
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Someone else changed the European rabbit status, but it does seem to do the appropriate thing now – not obscure pet rabbits.
The domestic swan goose is still a problem, but I’m already over budget on feature requests…
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It would be ok for “natural” subspecies but artificially selected subspecies should never get the protection status.
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What about Establishment means? I’m gathering data on introduced species, but the feral pigeon can’t be marked as Introduced even though it’s the introduced subspecies.
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