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Grade 12th passMechanics

can any genus have two similar species?
if no how magifera indica and apis indica is there

Profile image of shiu
6 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Vikas TU
6 Years ago
Dear student 
No two species can have the same latin name
Mangifera indica means 'mango from India', Apis indica means 'honeybee from India;
we do not think about the uniqueness of the second part of the binomial (the species epithet) but about the uniqueness of the binomial itself (the genus and the species epithet). Thus, the unique binomial of mango is Mangifera indica and the unique binomial of bee is Apis indica.
Profile image of Arun
6 Years ago
Two species can be have the same genus name (meaning they belong to the same genus) and will therefore necessarily have different species epithets (otherwise we would name them exactly the same way which would be very confusing)