Question

Which of the following statements regarding the universal rules of biological nomenclature is incorrect ?

• A. Biological names are generally in Latin and written in italics
• B. The first word in a biological name represents the genus while the second component denotes the species
• C. Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined, or printed in italics to indicate their Latin origin
• D. The specific epithet starts with a capital letter while the generic epithet starts with a small letter. It can be illustrated with the example of mangifera Indica

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

The generic epithet starts with a capital letter while the specific epithet starts with a small letter. It can be illustrated with the example of Panthera tigris.