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the African elephant ( Loxodonta africana) and the Asian Elephant ( Elephas maximus)
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What is the genus of an elephant?
There are three species of elephants. I will list their scientific names. Note that each scientific name is in two parts, and the first part is the genus. The second part is the species name. The three elephant species are Elephas maximus, Loxodonta africana, and Loxodonta cyclotis.
What is the same as an elephant?
There are 3 elephant species in the genus loxodonta(African Elephant): African Elephant, African Bush Elephant, and African Forest ElephantThere is only 1 elephant species in the genus Elephas maximus (Asian Elephant), but it can be divided into 4 sub-species.
Why are there two parts to the elephant's Latin name?
You're referring to what is known as the elephant's "Linnean binomial". This is not actually its "Latin name", which is simply elephas. Instead, it's a name bestowed and used by scientists according to a system devised in the 1700's by the Swedish biologist Carl von Linné (Carolus Linnaeus in Latin). In this system, every species can be identified by the name of its genus (the group of closely-related species to which it belongs) and the name of its species within that genus. The genus name is always capitalized, and the species name never is. Genus and species names are often derived from Latin, but not always; for example, the famous fossil Lucy belongs to the species Australopithecus afarensis, which is actually from three languages:australo- is from the Latin for "southern"pithecus is from the Greek for "ape"afar is from the Afar language of northeast Africa-ensis is a Latin suffix meaning "belonging to a place"There are three species of elephant: the African Bush Elephant Loxodonta africana, the African Forest Elephant Loxodonta cyclotis, and the Asian Elephant Elephas maximus.
The species name of the African elephant is Loxodonta africana What part of the species name is africana?
its either the following i dont know which one but family, genus, domain and specific epithet
What is Elphas and maximus in the scientific name for Indian elephant?
Elephas represents the genus name.maximus represents the species name.To be specific, the Indian elephant is Elephas maximus indicus.The indicus is the subspecies name.
What is the first part of a organism's scientific name?
Genus. Genus is a group animals having common characteristics. The second name is the species name. For eg: Panthera Tigris is the biological name of tiger. Panthera is the genus and Tigris is the species.
What two levels of classification are used to name organisms?
The genus and species are the final 2 classification that determine a scientific name for an organism
What does elephas indicate?
Elephas is genus of a group of animals.The only species of this genus is Elephas maximus(Asian elephant).Many of the remaining species became extinct.
Is the genus and species name together?
The scientific name for organisms is the genus and species name together, yes. ie. Humans: genus- homo, species- sapiens, scientific name- Homo sapiens.
What is a species identifier?
A species name is a scientific name with two parts: the genus name followed by the species identifier. It is written in italics with the genus name capitalized. (The human species name is Homo sapiens. The species identifier is the second part of the species name (and it's lower-case)
Is the genus species name for African lion Panthera leo?
The genus name is Panthera. Leo is the species name.
What are the two subgroups that form a scientific name?
genus and species
