Binomial nomenclature

Binomial nomenclature; also known as binomial designation, scientific name, or Latin name; was a system of naming organisms with a formal name of two terms: genus and species. (PROSE: The Menagerie) Subspecies were given a third term. (PROSE: The Pirate Loop)
== Earth species ==
=== Animals ===
The I-Spyder Book of Earth Creatures included the binomial nomenclature for each listed animal species. (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
==== Mammals ====
* Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
* Black rat (Rattus rattus) (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire, Antidote to Oblivion)
* Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire, Times Squared)
* Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Ark in Space)
* Cat (Felis silvestra catus or Felis catus) (PROSE: Outstanding Balance, Resurrection of the Daleks)
* Dog (Canis familiaris) (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark)
* Eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
* Guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) (PROSE: Artificial Intelligence)
* Homo erectus (PROSE: Beige Planet Mars, Sometime Never...)
* Homo habilis (PROSE: Genocide, The Taking of Planet 5, AUDIO: Interstitial)
* Homo naledi (PROSE: Interlude from a Civil War)
* Human (Homo sapiens sapiens) (PROSE: The Pirate Loop)
* Ilin Island cloudrunner (Crateromys paulus) (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
* Lion (Felis leo) (PROSE: The Romans)
* Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
* Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalis) (PROSE: Predating the Predators)
* Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) (AUDIO: The Wreck of the Titan)
* Quagga (Equus quagga quagga) (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
* Sabre-toothed tiger (Smilodon fatalis) (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
* Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
* Sumatran bamboo rat (Rhizomys sumatrensis) (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire)
* Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus) (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
* Tiger (Panthera tigris) (PROSE: The Year of Intelligent Tigers)
* Western European badger (Meles meles meles) (PROSE: The Pirate Loop)
* Wolf (Canis lupus) (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark)
** Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) (AUDIO: The Emerald Tiger)
There were three species of Tibetan Yeti, the Mih-teh, Dzu-teh, and Yeh-teh. The Yeh-teh were formally identified by Edward Travers and were classified as Yeti Traversii. (PROSE: Downtime)
By 35 million AD, the common mouse evolved into Mus musculus sapiens, the smartest creature on the planet. (PROSE: Omegamorphosis)
===== Variations of humanity =====
Josiah Samuel Smith classified some humans as Homo Victorianus Ineptus. (TV: Ghost Light)
The Homo peculiar were an advanced mutation of Homo sapiens that began emerging through telepathic youth in the 20th century. (PROSE: Peculiar Lives)
Steve and Val Ross taught that the destiny of the human race was to mate with alien species and become the Homo stellar. (AUDIO: Believe)
The Homo superior were a group of children on Earth that did missions for the Galactic Federation. (PROSE: The Blue Angel)
The Manfolk (Homo virilis) were a genetically altered species of human warriors. (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved...)
The Homo solarians were a posthuman species who lived inside the Sun after it destroyed Earth. (PROSE: The Brakespeare Voyage)
The Human Species: A Spotter's Guide by Melicia Clutterbuck included information about the Ettin (Homo phobovore) and the Abarimon (Homo abarimoniensis). (PROSE: Highbury)
==== Reptiles ====
* Ankylosaurus (Ankylosaurus magniventris) (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
* Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata) (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
* Diplodocus (Diplodocus longus) (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
* Dromaeosaurus (Dromaeosaurus albertensis) (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
* Iguanodon (Iguanodon bernissartensis) (AUDIO: The Wrong Doctors)
* Pterodactylus antiquus (PROSE: Something Borrowed)
* Megalosaurus (Megalosaurus buckland) (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
* Tyrannosaurus rex (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs, et al.)
The Silurians and their "underwater cousins" the Sea Devil were known as Homo reptilia. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters, Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils, TV: The Hungry Earth) Both groups of Earth Reptiles were also known as Homo Reptilicus. (PROSE: First Frontier) Alternatively, Petronella Osgood referred to both Silurians and Sea Devils as Reptilia sapiens. (AUDIO: Tidal Wave)
==== Birds ====
* Dodo (Raphus cucullatus or Didus ineptus) (PROSE: The Last Dodo, Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)
* Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
* Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
* Paradise parrot (Psephotus pulcherrimus) (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
* Phorusrhacos (Phorusrhacos longissimus) (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
==== Invertebrates ====
* Amphioctopus marginatus (PROSE: The Drosten's Curse)
* Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) (PROSE: Lucy Wilson & the Bledoe Cadets)
* Common wasp (Vespidae vulgaris) (PROSE: Eater of Wasps)
* Jellyfish (Turritopsis nutricula) (TV: End of the Road)
* Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) (PROSE: T. memeticus: A Morphology)
* Octopus rubescens (PROSE: The Death Pit)
* Red-spot night octopus (Octopus dierythraeus) (PROSE: The Death Pit)
* Trochulus hispidus (PROSE: The Stone House)
=== Plants ===
At the gardens on the Scientifica colony, Adric saw each plant had a nameplate that included their common and scientific names. (PROSE: Cold Fusion)
* Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis) (PROSE: The Art of Destruction)
* Amyris elemifera (PROSE: Another Life)
* Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) (TV: The Sensorites)
* Fragaria vesca (PROSE: Scary Monsters)
* Hepatica nobilis (PROSE: Scary Monsters)
* Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) (PROSE: The Secret in Vault 13)
* Oak (Quercus robur) (PROSE: The Secret in Vault 13)
* Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) (PROSE: The Secret in Vault 13)
* Sanicula europaea (TV: Castrovalva)
* Tea (Camellia sinesis) (AUDIO: A Small Semblance of Home)
* Valeriana officinalis (TV: Castrovalva, The Mark of the Rani)
* Umbrella tree (Schefflera actinophylla) (PROSE: The Dragon of Hyacinth Lodge)
* Willow (Salix fragilis) (PROSE: The Secret in Vault 13)
* Wolfsbane (Aconitum napellus) (PROSE: Wolfsbane)
=== Fungi ===
* Psilocybe mexicana (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird)
=== Microorganisms ===
* Bubonic plague (Yersinia pestis) (COMIC: Black Death White Life, Antidote to Oblivion)
** Recombinant yersinia pestis (COMIC: A Fairytale Life)
* E. coli (PROSE: Deadfall)
* Gymnodinium Veneficum (PROSE: Crimson Dawn)
* Raoultella planticola (TV: The Pyramid at the End of the World)
== Gallifreyan species ==
The I-Spyder Book of Earth Creatures gave Time Lords the binomial nomenclature of Dominus temporis. (PROSE: The Last Dodo)
Madevinia aridosa was the name of a Gallifreyan flower. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)
Rassilonian Timeflys were also known as Temporanius clepcydras. (COMIC: The Judas Goatee)
== Other species ==
Remakes (Homo refactus) were a human species invented in the City of the Saved. They majority of Remakes were fictional characters created in remembrance tanks. (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved...)
Originally a hoax fossil created by the First Doctor, (AUDIO: The Suffering) Tim Connolly used Remembrance tanks to turn the Piltdown Man (Homo piltdownensis) into a real species. (PROSE: The Adventure of the Piltdown Prelate)
The Mecrim (Singropoda mecrimus) were a genetically engineered species used as weapons in the Human-Draconian War. (PROSE: The Menagerie)
The Dreamweaver was also known as Somnifax vehementi. (AUDIO: The Lovecraft Invasion)
The weed planet of Necros was known as Herbabaculum vitae, which was Latin for "staff of life". (TV: Revelation of the Daleks, PROSE: Revelation of the Daleks)
Rusty looked like a giant squirrel and was given the "long Sci-latin name" of Para sciurus vulgaris. (PROSE: Shadowmind)
A stuffed Venusaurus erectus of Venus was an exibit at Mildeo Twisknadine's Museum of Things That Don't Exist. (PROSE: The Taking of Planet 5)
Faries were also known as Homo fata vulgaris. (PROSE: The Shining Man)
Blowfish were also known as Homoformatus piscis. (PROSE: The Baby Farmers)
An aspect of the Enemy was called Thaumoctopus memeticus. (PROSE: T. memeticus: A Morphology)
== Behind the scenes ==
* The fossil bivalve species Cyclocardia dalek was named after the Daleks.
* The fossil snail species Mestoronema bipatellare was named after Mestor.
* The parasitoid wasp species Choeras zygon was named after the Zygons.
* The trilobite species Gravicalymene bakeri was named after Tom Baker.
* The fossil brittle star species Ophiotardis tennanti was named after the TARDIS and David Tennant.
Category:Biology from the real world