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Any species with at least one member who has demonstrated to humans the capability of Calculus.
Any species with at least one member who has demonstrated to humans the capability of doing calculus as per human notions of "doing calculus".
I don't remember the source, but I read a fiction somewhere in which an alien observed a few children playing catch. The alien commented on how impressed it was that they could do such sophisticated calculations so quickly at such a young age.