Wild Kratts
Scientific Name
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Aviva, Chris, and Martin explain what a scientific name is used for in the creature world.
Martin, Chris and the gang are creature adventuring in the jungle. They come across Shadow and his mom. Aviva, Chris, and Martin explain to Jimmy what a creature scientific name is used for.
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Wild Kratts
Scientific Name
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Martin, Chris and the gang are creature adventuring in the jungle. They come across Shadow and his mom. Aviva, Chris, and Martin explain to Jimmy what a creature scientific name is used for.
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u do if you find amother jaguar asleep on a trail?
Oh, I got it: Take another path.
Nope, play with the jaguar kitten.
Whoa!
Whoa!
I agree, Shadow, bad joke.
What'’’re you talking about?
Shadow jumped on me because he loved it.
Well, anyway, he'’’s growing up into a real hunter, a true Panthera onca.
Panther onca-dinka wha-wha?
Why don'’’t you just call him a "Jaguar"?
Well that is his common name, "Jaguar".
But his scientific name is "Panthera onca".
Aww!
He'’’s a cutie!
"Scientific name"?
It'’’s a name used by science so everyone around the world, no matter what language they speak, can know an animal species by the same name.
Hmm.
Every animal species has a scientific name?
Yeah!
Yeah!
Okay, let'’’s take our buddy here.
He'’’s a jaguar.
(Growling) "Shadow" is the name I named him.
Right, Shadow?
"Jaguar" is his common name.
A jaguar'’’s scientific name is "Panthera onca".
That first name, "Panthera", is the genus name.
All the biggest cats-- Jaguar, tiger, lion and leopard-- are all in the genus Panthera.
They also have a species name added on: Panthera onca, Panthera tigris, Panthera leo and Panthera pardus.
(Beeping)
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