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The first word (the genus) is always capitalized; the second word (the species) isn't.

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In the scientist version of a species name, the genus name is capitalized, while the species name is not capitalized. For example, in the scientific name for humans, Homo sapiens, Homo (genus) is capitalized and sapiens (species) is not.

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