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    to the species. For example, the gray wolf's scientific name is Canis lupus, with Canis (Latin for 'dog') being the generic name shared by the wolf's close...
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    For example: "Canis sp." means "an unspecified species of the genus Canis", while "Canis spp." means "two or more species of the genus Canis". (These abbreviations...
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    explicitly defined by the Code as being homonyms. Otherwise the one-letter difference rule applies. In species, primary homonyms are those with the same genus and...
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    ascribed to him, but is now generally thought to have been written by an homonym. Juba II was a noted patron of the arts and sciences and sponsored several...
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    name for the river Tigris. However, today, the names are thought to be homonyms, and the connection between the tiger and the river is doubted. In 1758...
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    species are chosen to be unique and universal (except for some inter-code homonyms); they are in two parts used together: the genus as in Puma, and the specific...
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  • bicolor [homonym] Heer, 1849 Asilus bipartitus Macquart, 1849 Asilus bojus Schrank, 1803 Asilus bombylius Villers, 1789 Asilus bombylius [homonym] Lichtenstein...
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    on a small mountain plain. At the foot of the mountain one can find a homonymic uninhabited village with various dwelling and household buildings, and...
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  • Canis from Dmanisi showed the combination so primitive and derived species that contrast with the previous interpretation of these specimens to Canis...
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  • novum for Protechinus Lavocat, 1961 (Mammalia, Erinaceidae), a junior homonym of the valid name Protechinus Noetling, 1897 (Echinoidea, Arbacioida)"...
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