Video Transcript
The binomial naming system provides
each organism with two names. For example, the binomial name for
humans is Homo sapiens. What taxonomic rank is represented
by sapiens?
The levels in the taxonomic
hierarchy are kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. The binomial naming system combines
the two most specific taxonomic ranks to describe a single species, that is, genus
and species.
In this question, we are given the
example of the binomial name Homo sapiens. In this case, Homo would be the
genus, and sapiens would be the species. Therefore, the correct answer to
this question is species. Sapiens represents the species in the binomial name Homo
sapiens.
