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The folder that holds the species, one rung above your last name in life's filing cabinet.
means A taxonomic rank grouping closely related species, sitting just above species and below family.
from From Latin genus, meaning birth, race, or kind — the same root that fathered generate, gene, and gender, all obsessed with where things come from.
First halfIt is the capitalized first word in scientific names.
PluralMany genera, never genuses, despite temptation.
LinnaeusHe systematized it in the 1750s naming spree.
Homo sapiensHomo is our genus, sapiens just the species.