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what is the name of the 2-part naming system used to identify an organism

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That system is called binomial nomenclature (or binomial naming). Each organism’s scientific name has two parts: the genus (capitalized) and the specific epithet/species name (lowercase), usually written in Latin and italicized — e.g., Homo sapiens. It was popularized by Carl Linnaeus.