Thread:BippityBop/@comment-35283648-20180423152313/@comment-28450065-20180423163029

A relative does not mean they are a subspecies. Manatees and elephants are relatives and probably genetically closer together than Peepers and Eyeyes.

Eyeyes, Peepers and Reginalds share a common ancestor but they are not a subspecies. Subspecies are much closer together than they are, as members of a subspecies are closely related enough that they can produce fertile offspring if bred together.

Here are 9 subspecies of leopard. They're not very different from each other.