Names of genera are always italicized and capitalized— Drosophila, Homarus, Limulus. ... Names of higher taxa are capitalized but not italicized— Limulidae, Orthoptera, Crustacea.

Should species names be capitalized?

Historically, species names derived from proper names were capitalized, but modern practice is not to capitalize even those. Note that the genus and species (and subspecies and variety) are italicized. ... The names of the various levels of classification (like, class, order family, genus) are not capitalized.

Do you capitalize specific species of animals?

In the scientific world, the scientific names of animals are capitalized using binomial nomenclature, which is a system that uses Latin words to classify living organisms. ... The first letter of the Genus name is always capitalized and the species name is always lowercase.