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Taxonomy What is the name of this animal?
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Taxonomy - The basics Taxonomy is the science of naming living things
Names must be uniform so scientists can describe an organism regardless of their native languages Organisms are classified according to the following order Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
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Binomial Nomenclature
Naming of organisms is by the rules of Binomial Nomenclature The name is typically in latin The name must be either italicized, or underlined Organisms are labeled according to a two name system The First name is the Genus of the organism Genus Must always be capitalized. It may be abbreviated with a capital letter The second name is the species name it must also either be italicized, or underlined
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Example naming Here's an example for humans
Genus: Homo Species: Sapiens Acceptable naming: Homo sapiens H. sapiens
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