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  2. List of commonly used taxonomic affixes - Wikipedia

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    Used for large groups of animals that share similar characteristics; also used in names of bird and fish orders. Examples: Galliformes ("chicken form"); Anseriformes ("goose form"); Squaliformes ("shark form")

  3. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names

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    The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...

  4. List of unusual biological names - Wikipedia

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    Drosophila gene. Lunatic Fringe, Manic Fringe, and Radical Fringe. MAP kinase kinase kinase and MAP kinase kinase kinase kinase. MinosPhrime [5] Named after Minos Prime from the video game ULTRAKILL. Found in flower beds outside of college dormitory building, dug 2 inches deep into the soil. Soil was woodchip-heavy.

  5. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature - Wikipedia

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    Which available name must be used in case of name conflicts (= valid name) How scientific literature must cite names; Zoological nomenclature is independent of other systems of nomenclature, for example botanical nomenclature. This implies that animals can have the same generic names as plants (e.g. there is a genus Abronia in both animals and ...

  6. List of long species names - Wikipedia

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    Butternut canker is a lethal fungal disease of butternut trees, Juglans cinerea. It was originally described as Sirococcus klavicincinnatigenti-juglandaceous (37 letters), already a long name, but after it was moved in 2011 to the genus Ophiognomonia, [8] it became one of the longest accepted binomials.

  7. List of animal names - Wikipedia

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    List of animal names. Mother sea otter with sleeping pup, Morro Bay, California. In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on ...

  8. Nomenclature codes - Wikipedia

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    Nomenclature codes or codes of nomenclature are the various rulebooks that govern the naming of living organisms. Standardizing the scientific names of biological organisms allows researchers to discuss findings (including the discovery of new species). As the study of biology became increasingly specialized, specific codes were adopted for ...

  9. Taxonomy (biology) - Wikipedia

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    e. In biology, taxonomy (from Ancient Greek τάξις (taxis) 'arrangement' and -νομία (-nomia) ' method ') is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon) and these groups are given a taxonomic ...