Row (zoological)
See also: Row (taxonomy)
In zoological nomenclature, a Taxon is usually assigned with a row in a hierarchy. The more important row is it ( species ). The second in importance is it ( genus ): a species cannot receive a name zoologiquesans to be assigned with a kind. The row of third importance is.
The international Code of zoological nomenclature divides the rows into three levels: “level family”, “level kind” and “level species”. CINZ names these rows:
The level family
- superfamille
- family
- subfamily
- tribe
- subgroup
- tribe
- subfamily
The level kind
- kind
- sub-genus
The level species
- species
- subspecies
The rules of the Code apply to the names of the rows, from the superfamille with the subspecies. They do not apply to the names of the rows higher than the superfamille. In the “level family” of the additional rows are allowed, but they are not authorized for the “level kind” and the “level species”.
Zoological names
- a taxon of row higher than the level species has a name of a single word (it is uninominal). It must take a capital letter. (Art 4.1)
- a species (a taxon with the row of species) has a name of two words (a binomial), the first being the generic name and the second the specific epithet (or specific name): for example Panthera leo . The generic name must take a capital letter; the specific epithet must start with tiny (Art 5.1).
- a subspecies has a name of three words (trinomial) a binomial followed by a subspecific epithet (generic name + epithet specific + (or specific name + epithet subspecific). For example Felis silvestris catus . Because it is one row with the lower part of the species, and the only row with trinomial, it is not need for a term of conjunction to indicate the row ( Felis silvestris catus and not Felis silvestris subspecies catus ).
See too
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