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Binomial nomenclature

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Binomial nomenclature

Binomial nomenclature; also known as binomial designation, scientific name, or Latin name; was a system of naming organisms with a formal name of two terms: genus and species. (PROSE: The Menagerie) Subspecies were given a third term. (PROSE: The Pirate Loop)

Earth species

Animals

The I-Spyder Book of Earth Creatures included the binomial nomenclature for each listed animal species. (PROSE: The Last Dodo)

Mammals

There were three species of Tibetan Yeti, the Mih-teh, Dzu-teh, and Yeh-teh. The Yeh-teh were formally identified by Edward Travers and were classified as Yeti Traversii. (PROSE: Downtime)

By 35 million AD, the common mouse evolved into Mus musculus sapiens, the smartest creature on the planet. (PROSE: Omegamorphosis)

Variations of humanity

Josiah Samuel Smith classified some humans as Homo Victorianus Ineptus. (TV: Ghost Light)

The Homo peculiar were an advanced mutation of Homo sapiens that began emerging through telepathic youth in the 20th century. (PROSE: Peculiar Lives)

Steve and Val Ross taught that the destiny of the human race was to mate with alien species and become the Homo stellar. (AUDIO: Believe)

The Homo superior were a group of children on Earth that did missions for the Galactic Federation. (PROSE: The Blue Angel)

The Manfolk (Homo virilis) were a genetically altered species of human warriors. (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved...)

The Homo solarians were a posthuman species who lived inside the Sun after it destroyed Earth. (PROSE: The Brakespeare Voyage)

The Human Species: A Spotter's Guide by Melicia Clutterbuck included information about the Ettin (Homo phobovore) and the Abarimon (Homo abarimoniensis). (PROSE: Highbury)

Reptiles

The Silurians and their "underwater cousins" the Sea Devil were known as Homo reptilia. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters, Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils, TV: The Hungry Earth) Both groups of Earth Reptiles were also known as Homo Reptilicus. (PROSE: First Frontier) Alternatively, Petronella Osgood referred to both Silurians and Sea Devils as Reptilia sapiens. (AUDIO: Tidal Wave)

Birds

Invertebrates

Plants

At the gardens on the Scientifica colony, Adric saw each plant had a nameplate that included their common and scientific names. (PROSE: Cold Fusion)

Fungi

Microorganisms

Gallifreyan species

The I-Spyder Book of Earth Creatures gave Time Lords the binomial nomenclature of Dominus temporis. (PROSE: The Last Dodo)

Madevinia aridosa was the name of a Gallifreyan flower. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)

Rassilonian Timeflys were also known as Temporanius clepcydras. (COMIC: The Judas Goatee)

Other species

Remakes (Homo refactus) were a human species invented in the City of the Saved. They majority of Remakes were fictional characters created in remembrance tanks. (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved...)

Originally a hoax fossil created by the First Doctor, (AUDIO: The Suffering) Tim Connolly used Remembrance tanks to turn the Piltdown Man (Homo piltdownensis) into a real species. (PROSE: The Adventure of the Piltdown Prelate)

Vortisaurs were also known as Pterosauria vortexfera. (AUDIO: Storm Warning [+]Loading...["Storm Warning (audio story)"])

The Mecrim (Singropoda mecrimus) were a genetically engineered species used as weapons in the Human-Draconian War. (PROSE: The Menagerie)

The Dreamweaver was also known as Somnifax vehementi. (AUDIO: The Lovecraft Invasion)

The weed planet of Necros was known as Herbabaculum vitae, which was Latin for "staff of life". (TV: Revelation of the Daleks, PROSE: Revelation of the Daleks)

Rusty looked like a giant squirrel and was given the "long Sci-latin name" of Para sciurus vulgaris. (PROSE: Shadowmind)

A stuffed Venusaurus erectus of Venus was an exibit at Mildeo Twisknadine's Museum of Things That Don't Exist. (PROSE: The Taking of Planet 5)

Faries were also known as Homo fata vulgaris. (PROSE: The Shining Man)

Blowfish were also known as Homoformatus piscis. (PROSE: The Baby Farmers)

An aspect of the Enemy was called Thaumoctopus memeticus. (PROSE: T. memeticus: A Morphology)

Pinguis were also known as Pinguicorpus homo. (PROSE: A World of Pure Unimagination [+]Loading...["A World of Pure Unimagination (short story)"])

Behind the scenes

  • The fossil bivalve species Cyclocardia dalek was named after the Daleks.
  • The fossil snail species Mestoronema bipatellare was named after Mestor.
  • The parasitoid wasp species Choeras zygon was named after the Zygons.
  • The trilobite species Gravicalymene bakeri was named after Tom Baker.
  • The fossil brittle star species Ophiotardis tennanti was named after the TARDIS and David Tennant.
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