Section 20-698. Definitions

Whenever used in this subchapter:
    a.  "Endangered or threatened species" shall mean any fish or wildlife
  family, genus, species, subspecies or population that is  designated  by
  or pursuant to New York law as endangered or threatened.
    b.  "Fish  or  wildlife"  shall mean any member of the animal kingdom,
  including without limitation any mammal, fish, bird, amphibian, reptile,
  mollusk, crustacean, arthropod or other invertebrate, and  includes  any
  part,  product,  egg,  or  offspring  thereof, or the dead body or parts
  thereof.
    c. "Population" shall mean a group of fish or  wildlife  of  the  same
  species or subspecies inhabiting a defined geographical area.