congeneric
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Suffice it to say, that he frankly accepts the inferences derived from the whole course of observation, and contemplates a probable historical connection between congeneric species.
From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Asa Gray
He arrives at this conclusion from a geographical survey of what he would call the "whole field of distribution," and "the probable historical connection between these congeneric species."
From Life: Its True Genesis by R. W. Wright
Two genera of pocket gophers should be congeneric.
From An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoac?n, M?xico by Bernardo Villa R.
The point to be made here is simply this: If the species in question are to be considered congeneric then it might reasonably be expected that they would display some similarity in nidification and egg-laying.
From Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves by Robert L. Merz
We have evidence that these ancient animals possessed the same senses as their congeneric races now on the globe.
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock
