Starting from Class, Species comes before the Genus. (True or False)

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B False
Genus comes before species and after family in the biological classification hierarchy.
The genus name is the first portion of each species' binomial species name in binomial nomenclature.
The names are based on Latin, which is a worldwide language.
The genus is always capitalized as the first part of the scientific name.
The species epithet is the second part.
Final answer: The given statement is false

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