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There seems a fair deal of confusion about namimg animals and plants. The normal convention is that English names of species begin with capitals, eg--Magnificant Frigatebird, but groups are lower case and, usually, plural as in the frigatebirds.
Binomial scientific names are written with a capitalised generic name and lower case specific name, Fregata magnificens. Higher taxonomic groupings are always capitalised.
Should these guideline be part of the Misplaced Pages conventions, assuming that they are not already? jimfbleak 16:28 Feb 14, 2003 (UTC)