Choose the correct statement regarding biological nomenclature.

  • A
    The species name should always be written in capital letters.
  • B
    The first word in a biological name represents the species.
  • C
    Solanum and Panthera indicate species.
  • D
    Human beings belong to the species sapiens,which is grouped in the genus Homo.

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$(b)$ Genus $\rightarrow$ Species $\rightarrow$ Order $\rightarrow$ Kingdom
$(c)$ Species $\rightarrow$ Genus $\rightarrow$ Order $\rightarrow$ Phylum

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$(i)$ Each step or rank in hierarchy is called taxonomic category.
$(ii)$ Species is a group of individual organisms with fundamental similarities capable of breeding among themselves.
$(iii)$ Taxonomic studies of all unknown organisms have led to the development of common categories like kingdom,phylum or division,class,order,family,genus and species.
$(iv)$ Lower the category,greater is the difficulty of determining the relationship to other taxa at the same level.

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