In the hierarchical system of classification, species are defined as ________.
a subdivision of a family containing one or more related groups a group of individuals that can interbreed with one another, producing fertile offspring a subdivision of a phylum or a division containing one or more orders of their subgroup an overall category containing organisms that share very similar fundamental structures and functions a subdivision of an order containing one or more genera and their subgroups
In the hierarchical system of classification, species are defined as a group of individuals that can interbreed with one another, producing fertile offspring.