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A Moment of Science

Slideshow: Can You Guess This Animal's Scientific Name?

By Don Glass

Published September 16, 2019 at 2:06 PM EDT

The scientific name starts with the Genus the animal belongs to followed by the name of that particular species.

A Moment of Science