EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -There are seven main taxonomic ranks : kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, and species.

Detailed explanation-2: -Genus (/ˈdʒiːnəs/ plural genera /ˈdʒɛnərə/) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family.

Detailed explanation-3: -Each of this level of the hierarchy is called the taxonomic category or rank. In this system of classification, kingdom is always ranked the highest followed by division, class, order, family, genus, and species.

Detailed explanation-4: -Binomial nomenclature: The scientific name of an organism consists of two words: the genus name and the specific epithet. The genus name comes first and is always capitalized; once identified it can be abbreviated to a single letter. The second word is known as the specific epithet and is not capitalized.