Why is a mule not regarded as a species?

A mule is a hybrid of a horse (Equus caballus) and a donkey (Equus asinus). It is sterile because it has an uneven number of chromosomes, making it incapable of producing offspring. Since a species must be able to reproduce fertile offspring, mules do not qualify as a separate species.

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