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why are the eastern meadowlark and the western meadowlark considered to be two different species? because they look very much alike, fly alike, and live in similar types of habitats because they both eat insects and make nests on the ground because they do not breed together to produce offspring that can also have offspring
The biological species concept defines species as groups of organisms that can inter - breed and produce fertile offspring. Since the Eastern and Western meadowlarks do not inter - breed to produce fertile offspring, they are considered different species.
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because they do not breed together to produce offspring that can also have offspring