DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY
SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF WOODY PLANTS AND THEIR MEANINGS
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What is this? Panthera tigris
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genus and species
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Proper noun. Panthera tigris f. A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the tiger.
Detailed explanation-2: -Felis tigris was the scientific name used by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for the tiger. It was subordinated to the genus Panthera by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1929. Bengal is the traditional type locality of the species and the nominate subspecies Panthera tigris tigris.
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