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What are the advantages of giving scientific name of organism?

Uses of scientific names:  

  • Scientific names are followed and understood all over the world.
  • Names are not changed according to country or language.
  • Names are not changed often.

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Hi,

The local name of a particular plant or animal is not sufficient in identifying an animal because a plant or animal can have many local names according to the languages spoken in the particular region. For example, The lion is called lion in english and french, sher in hindi, leon in spanish etc. so there arises a need for an universal name that can be recognised by all the countries and regions. This lead way to the issuing of binomial names to plants and animals.

Hope this clears your doubt,

Cheers!!

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