Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-12776-20141204051237/@comment-25035274-20141204140410

The fact that it's in a category on a wiki does not a sub-species make. That's just for ease of location on the wiki.

Biologically speaking, a creature is not a species (and thus not a sub-species) unless it can reliably produce more of its own kind. If it cannot, then it is simply a mutatational variant, or mutant.

Hobgoblins are not a true species, biologically, they are mutational variants. They might produce another hobgoblin if they beat slim odds, but they'll probably just produce regular goblins.

Holstaurii are a true species in and of themselves, biologically. They will reliably produce another holstaurus every single time.

While the progenitor of each of the Wonderland races would have been considered a mutant (or, rather, a mutate, as the change was artificially induced), they do reliably produce more of their own kind and would be individual species by this point, making them a subspecies of the parent species. Remember that it wasn't Wonderland that mutated the progenitors of the Wonderland races. It was the Queen of Hearts. Therefore, the logical assumption is not that Wonderland is mutating babies, but rather that the Queen's changes are inherited now.