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• The two-part scientific name of a <strong>species</strong> iscalled a binomial• The first part of the name is the genus• The second part, called the specific epithet, isunique for each <strong>species</strong> within the genus• The first letter of the genus is capitalized, andthe entire <strong>species</strong> name is italicized• Both parts together name the <strong>species</strong> (not thespecific epithet alone)Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings

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