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  • Dec 10, 2008, 04:20 PM
    tboma
    SPecies name of an organism incluses what?
    What does the species name of an orgnisam include? :eek:
  • Dec 10, 2008, 04:25 PM
    tickle

    tboma, this is a non-question, you have to be more specific.
  • Dec 11, 2008, 02:07 PM
    asking

    It include the genus, which is capitalized, and the species name, which is not.

    So for a human being, the species name is Home sapiens.
    BOTH should be in italics.

    For a cat, it is Felis catus.
    For a California poppy, Eschscholzia californica.

    People often get this wrong in print, so don't be confused by websites and newspapers that have it different.

    Does this answer your question?

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