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The scientific name for a wolf is canis lupis. what does the second word in the name represent?
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The first word in the scientific name Canis is the genus (...which
is sort of like the family, but less broad...), and Lupus is the
species. Lupus is the Latin word for wolf and canis
is the Latin word for dog. Canis familiaris is the name for
a domestic dog. Another example would be the scientific name for
humans, sapiens. sapiens means man in Latin and sapiens
means wise in Latin. Other members of the genus would be
habilis, neanderthalensis, sinensis - these are all
extinct pre-human men.
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