Which of the following classifications are used in the scientific name?
genus and species. Scientific classification is an interpretation of facts. It is based on the opinion and judgment a biologist forms after studying many living and preserved dead organisms. Most biologists use the same basic framework for classification. But not all biologists agree on how different groups of organisms fit into this scheme, and so classifications often differ in details. Latin and Greek words are used in scientific classification, because early scholars used these languages. Every known organism belongs to a particular species. Each species has a two-part scientific name. Most of these names come from Greek or Latin words. We call this system of names the binomial system of nomenclature, or binomial nomenclature, Latin for two-name naming. An 18th century Swede, Linnaeus, originated the binomial system. Organisms are known by different common names in different regions of the world. However, each organism has only one correct scientific name, and scientists any- where
