Question
Biology Question on Diversity In The Living World
In binomial nomenclature
A
the first name is species name and the second the genus name
B
the first name is genus name and the second the species name
C
the first name is family name and the second the genus name
D
the first name is family name and the second the species name
Answer
the first name is genus name and the second the species name
Explanation
Solution
Binomial Nomenclature refers to the scientific name of any organism having a generic epithet and a specific epithet. Generic name starts with capital letter and specific name with small letter. Both the names are written in Italics or underlined in manuscripts