Common names are not capitalized and not italicized. Correct: Homo sapiens (humans) walk upright. ... If a taxon is made common, such as Hominidae to "hominid”, it is not capitalized or italicized. Taxon are preferred singular.

Should sapiens be capitalized?

Letter grades. Proper names (people, organizations, products, etc.) Scientific names of plants and animals: Capitalize genus, but not species and subspecies (Homo erectus, Homo sapiens)

Is sapiens plural?

The word is a singular form, derived by back-formation and shortening of translingual Homo sapiens by interpreting the latter as an English plural form. However, in Latin the word sapiens is strictly singular, its plural form being sapientes (and the Latin plural of homo sapiens is homines sapientes).