Scientific Names

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Scientific Names
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• Latin
• Genus species (Genus is capitalized and species
  is not) (Genus is a noun and species is an
  adjective)
• Italics or Underline
• Examples
• Homo sapiens
• Ursus arctos?
• Ursus maritimus?
• Called Binomial Nomenclature

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• Rattus norvegicus
• Camelus bactrianus
• Gorilla gorilla
• Equus zebra
• Elephas maximus