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 int…

Also true for varieties – see the domestic swan goose , listed as vulnerable because of the status on the parent species.

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 …

[image] jwidness: Is this as intended? 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 spec…

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…

It would be ok for “natural” subspecies but artificially selected subspecies should never get the protection status.

Should subspecies inherit conservation statuses from species?

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diego_amazonia February 18, 2020, 6:30pm 7

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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Should subspecies inherit conservation statuses from species?

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