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How to write and abbreviate a "scientific name", under the Linnaean system, and according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.



The species is Tyrannosaurus rex, where rex is the specific epitetus. Here is called species because it gives the species, but it does not designate a species itself (it is never written just rex whithout the genus).

*Complete species should include author and year, though.

Example extracted from "The Complete Dinosaur, Second Edition".



Additional info (avalaible in Wikipedia):

T. rex may also refer to:

Tachyoryctes rex, the king mole rat, a rodent species
Tetragonodon rex, a seed shrimp species native to the Mozambique Channel
Thoristella rex, a sea snail species endemic to New Zealand
Trialeurodes rex, a whitefly species
Tyrannasorus rex, a fossil beetle species from the Miocene
Tyrannobdella rex, a leech species
Tyrannoberingius rex, a fossil gastropod from Miocene Alaska
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~TheMorlock Apr 16, 2013  Student General Artist
Thank you so much!
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~Mechatherium Dec 26, 2012  Student Digital Artist
Thank you! Now if people could only watch their spelling!
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~rizkirafu Dec 9, 2012
Whenever I write "T. rex" in Ms. Word, it always must be changed it into "T. Rex"
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~supergoji18 Dec 8, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
i've been writing it wrong this whole time :(
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~SeeSamSketch Dec 7, 2012  Student General Artist
Thanks for this! I didn't know I wasn't supposed to capitalize the species name.
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=ChrisMasna Dec 7, 2012
I'm glad it helps :)
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~Pronus Dec 7, 2012
Sort of thing I know deep down already yet always write the wrong way - especially for "T. rex" (probably the first time I've ever written it correctly!)
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~Spinozilla97 Dec 6, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
The scientific name of the domestic dog is Canis lupus familiaris, not Canis familiaris ;)
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=ChrisMasna Dec 6, 2012
Extracted literally from "The Complete Dinosaur". According with Holtz, there is a debate about whether to use the trivial nomen of the wild ancestor for domesticates or not.
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~abekowalski Mar 25, 2013
I was going to point out that trinomial thing myself but I had no idea there was even a debate about it. Very interesting.
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