Licho<p>Imo the only relevant <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>species</span></a> definition for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deextintion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deextintion</span></a> is the ecological one. In other contexts this definition is absolutely silly, because it can't distinguish between a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bat</span></a> and a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bird</span></a> if they hunt <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> - it defines a species by their ecological <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/niche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>niche</span></a>. </p><p>Under that definition, an elephant with hair is in fact a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mammoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mammoth</span></a> because it's can live in tundra and serve as an umbrella species capable of shaping an entire <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a>, serving a unique role in it.</p><p>A <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dire</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wolf</span></a> is not actually deextinct if it's not serving the ecosystem the way the OG dire wolf used to.<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>