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Diversity in the Living World

Question

Tautonym is:

Moderate

A

Non-scientific name
B

Colloquial word
C

Allowed in botanical nomenclature
D

Binomial name with same genus and species epithets

Solution

Tautonyms are allowed in zoological nomenclature but not in botanical nomenclature. Tautonym is a scientific name in which the same word is used for both genus and species epithets, for example Vulpes vulpes (the red fox).

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