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by Amezarak 707 days ago
As a sibling comment mentions, this is true for pretty much all animals. It's a well-known, old problem. Darwin even mentions it in the Origin of Species and says that "species" is really just a term of convenience applied somewhat arbitrarily according to the different tastes of different naturalists.

Now we understand even better that, like GP said, there are no discrete groupings we can label as a species. It's a useful abstraction at a 5000ft level but it breaks down when you zoom in.