>Genus: Homo
>Species: sapiens Bakker, 1993
 
Just as a point of clarification.
 
A GENUS is defined as:
 
"A SINGLE word, capitalized and treated as a Latin noun in the nominative
singular."
 
A SPECIES is defined as:
 
"The name of a species consists of TWO words, which is the reason why
Linnaean nomenclature is called binomial or binary.  The first word is the
name of the genus to which the species belongs.  The second word, called
simply the specific [or specific epithet] or sometimes the trival name, is
not capitalized and is treated either as a Latin noun in aposition, a Latin
noun (especially a proper name) in the genitive, or a Latin adjective,
which must agree with the generic name in number (singular) or gender."
 
From Simpson, G.L. 1961.  Principals of animal taxonomy. page 32.
 
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Kevin
 
 
 
Kevin S. Cummings
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