User blog comment:Aandrew07/Discussion of the Week: Subspecies/@comment-1011548-20121022102312/@comment-4212769-20121023145508

LOL

There isn't something like an "original" monster. Let's take another monster as I, I think you know, believe that the Rathalos Subspecies are Rathaloses in Mating Season/Infertile Rathaloses.

But let's look at Barioth as it has the same setting.

Barioth's ancestors splitted in two groups one going and adapting to the Tundra the other to the Sandy Plains. So which of them is the "original"? That's the same with every subspecies as evolution never stands still.

But let's look further into the taxonomy (I'll leave the obvious, previous parts away).

First it is a Wyvern. Wyvern is in this case the class or Classis like mammal.

Second it is a Flying Wyvern. Flying Wyvern is in this case the family or Familia.

Third it is a Pseudowyvern. Pseudowyvern is in this case the subfamily or Subfamilia.

Fourth it is a Saber-Toothed Pseudowyvern (I'll just call him like that, because of the lack of a good one). Saber-toothed Pseudowyvern is the Genus.

Fifth it is a Barioth. Barioth is in this case the name of the Species.

So that means both Barioths have this taxonomy:

Classis: Wyvern

Family: Flying Wyvern

Subfamily: Pseudowyvern

Genus: Saber-Toothed Pseudowyvern

Species: Barioth

But it has a last part that's the Subspecies.

Now we call it by the scientific name (that I just listed here (Quite unhandy, I know))

While Barioth has the name: Saber-Toothed Pseudowyvern Barioth Barioth

Barioth Subspecies has the name: Saber-Toothed Pseudowyvern Barioth Desert

But that Barioth has two Barioths in his name is just the case as we found him (and with that gave him a taxonomy and scientific name) first but both are equally subspecies.

Do understand now?