01 Jul ๐ฆOur mystery guest is the Parma Wallaby!
๐ฆOur mystery guest is the Parma Wallaby!
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The scientific name of this animal is ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข.
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You might see the scientific name of the Parma Wallaby given as ๐๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข. Sometimes living things can have several different scientific names. This can happen as scientists discover more about the how living things have evolved, and how they are related to other living things.
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Sometimes after a discovery, scientists will re-sort a plant or animal into a different grouping and may change the name of a species.
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But what happens to the old name? It becomes what we call a synonym. A synonym of a species is a different scientific name that refers to the same species.
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So, for our beautiful Parma Wallaby, it’s accepted scientific name is ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข, and ๐๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข is a synonym.
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