▲ 208 ▼ TIL there's a subspecies of rat whose scientific name is Rattus rattus rattus (en.wikipedia.org) submitted 7 hours ago by TheTechnician27@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world 25 comments fedilink hide all child comments Genus name: Rattus Species name: rattus Subspecies name: rattus You'd actually say it as R. rattus rattus or Rattus r. rattus.
[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 30 points 6 hours ago (2 children) Also, the scientific name of the Western lowland gorilla is gorilla gorilla gorilla. You’d say it as G. g. gorilla. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] fartographer@lemmy.world 1 point 1 hour ago Gorilla Gorilla Allin? permalink fedilink source parent [–] cabillaud@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago The OG permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 1 point 1 hour ago Gorilla Gorilla Allin? permalink fedilink source parent