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Scientists call every plant and animal by its genus and species name, so an ordinary horse is called an
Equus caballus.
Equus caballus.
In the library | Contains | Linnaeus' groups | Example name | The names might look strange. That's because they are Latin names. | |
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Adults' or children's | Children's books | Kingdom | Animalia | Animals | |
Fiction or non-fiction | Non-fiction | Class | Mammalia | Animals that feed their young with their milk. | |
Subject | Books on transport | Order | Perissodactyla | This means animals having hooves made from an odd number of toes. A horse has hooves. Each one is made from a single toe. | |
Special subject | Books on trains | Genus | Equus | For the horse, its genus name is Equus, meaning any sort of horse. | |
Book | High-speed Trains | Species | Caballus | Caballus means an ordinary horse. | |
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