וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת-חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ לְמִינָהּ

וְאֶת-הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ

וְאֵת כָּל-רֶמֶשׂ הָאֲדָמָה לְמִינֵהוּ;

וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי-טוֹב.

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فَعَمِلَ اللهُ وُحُوشَ الأَرْضِ كَأَجْنَاسِهَ،

وَالْبَهَائِمَ كَأَجْنَاسِهَا

وَجَمِيعَ دَبَّابَاتِ الأَرْضِ كَأَجْنَاسِهَا.

وَرَأَى اللهُ ذلِكَ أَنَّهُ حَسَنٌ.

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E hizo Dios animales de la tierra según su género,

y ganado según su género,

y todo animal que anda arrastrando sobre la tierra según su especie:

y vió Dios que era bueno.

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And God made the beast of the earth after his kind,

and cattle after their kind,

and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind:

and God saw that it was good.

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Additional LDS scriptural sources:

Moses 2:25
And I, God, made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything which creepeth upon the earth after his kind; and I, God, saw that all these things were good.

Abraham 4:25
And the Gods organized the earth to bring forth the beasts after their kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind; and the Gods saw they would obey.

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Notes/Questions:

I googled the phrase “beast of the earth after his kind” and came up with a wikipedia entry for “Created Kind.” I only read through it once so far. It introduces some ideas. I have no idea yet what I think of them.

In the process I learned a new word: “clade.

“Perhaps the question that needs to be asked here is whether or not “after his kind” should be interpreted to mean “after his species” or what exactly (or generally) “kind” means in this context. How restrictive is the term? Those who oppose evolution may feel that “after his kind” is a strict point that means one species/group of animals could not emerge from another kind.