The scientific name of an organism contains information about it ____ and ____.
A
family and species
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B
order and family
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C
genus and species
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D
genus and family
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Solution
The correct option is C genus and species The scientific (bionomial) name of an organism contains information about its genus and species. Eg: the scientific name of tiger is Panthera tigris. In this, the genus is Panthera and the species is tigris.