TheTechnician27@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTIL there's a subspecies of rat whose scientific name is Rattus rattus rattusen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1269arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1266arrow-down1external-linkTIL there's a subspecies of rat whose scientific name is Rattus rattus rattusen.wikipedia.orgTheTechnician27@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square32linkfedilinkfile-text
Genus name: Rattus Species name: rattus Subspecies name: rattus You’d actually say it as R. rattus rattus or Rattus r. rattus.
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-211 days agoVulpes vulpes vulpes is another one, I’m gonna guess that all these triple names are from the eighteenth century, when the dude said this subspecies is the regular one so I’ll keep repeating the name to make it clear. Like vulgaris in plants.
Vulpes vulpes vulpes is another one, I’m gonna guess that all these triple names are from the eighteenth century, when the dude said this subspecies is the regular one so I’ll keep repeating the name to make it clear. Like vulgaris in plants.