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The red panda is so unique, it has no close relatives. It's the only living species in its genus AND family.

The maned wolf is the largest canid of South America. It looks more like a long-legged fox than a wolf. Genetic studies show that it is neither fox nor true wolf, but a distinct species. It is the only member of its genus, Chrysocyon.

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  1. Like homo sapiens, tasmanian devils are the last surviving species of their genus.

  2. There is a genus called "Han" which contains only one species: Han Solo

  3. Both a new species of iranian spider, Filistata maguirei, and a genus of spider crabs, Maguimithrax, have been named after Tobey Maguire because of his role as spiderman.

  4. An newly discovered organism called Lithoredo abatanica that eats stone and excretes sand. It is a shipworm, a group of burrowing animals known for eating woods and related to clams, but so different from known examples that it is both a new species and genus.

  5. The Aardvark is the lone species in its genus which is the lone genus in its family which is the lone family in its order.

  6. In 2011 a fossil of a new genus species of Dinosaur called the Nodosaur was found in Canada with it's body mostly intact and its skin still on.

  7. Dinosaur names like "Triceratops", "Stegosaurus" and "Velociraptor" are just the name of the Genus they belong to, and the actual species' names are "Triceratops prorsus", "Stegosaurus stenops" and "Velociraptor mongoliensis".

  8. In the year 2000 a new type of ant was found in the Amazon. It was so unlike anything previously recorded that it was not only recognized as a new species, it also became the sole member of a new genus, AND subfamily.

  9. The long extinct Dire Wolf (Canis Dirus, "fearsome dog") is the largest species of the genus Canis known to have existed.

  10. "generic" and "specific" are derived from "genus" and "species" and were originally scientific biological terminology

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American singer and songwriter Lady Gaga has a genus of 19 species of ferns named after her.

Paleontologists named an extinct species of bandicoot from Australia after Crash Bandicoot. The genus is Crash, and species bandicoot. - source

There is actually a rhino species still covered in body hair, the Sumatran Rhinoceros which is also the last surviving member of the genus Dicerorhinus - source

Debate continues as to the true genus of the Homo habilis. Agreement as to species" specific traits is not yet established.

Felix and Sylvester are names commonly associated with cats because they represent the Genus (felis) and Species (f. silvestris) of european wildcats, from whom modern domestic cats have genetic ancestry. - source

There is a genus called Crikey and a snail species called Crikey steveirwini named after the famous TV personality Steve Irwin

There's a genus of spiders in which each species' name is a palindrome

The Pieza genus of fly has species called Pieza kake, Pieza pie, Pieza rhea and Pieza deresistans.

The scientific order, family, genus and species of asparagus are all asparagus. (Asparagales, Asparagaceae, Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis)

The Panther is not a large cat species. The word Panther describes cats from the Panthera genus. These cats include Tigers, Lions, Jaguars, Leopards, and Snow Leopards. Most large cats described as Panthers are really Leopards or Jaguars.

The pirate-perch, a small American fish that is unique enough to be the only species in not only its genus, but its whole family. This is in part due to its assemblage of unique traits: among them, it has its cloaca (anus and genital region) just under its head.

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There is a genus of orchids called Dracula, including the species Dracula vampira

The blind snake Xenotyphlops grandidieri, native to Madagascar and critically endangered, is the only member of its species, genus, and family.

There is a genus of Hawaiian giant spiders named after film director Orson Welles. It includes 13 species, 11 of which are named after different Orson Welles movies.

Samuel Turvey, a paleontologist, found several new trilobite species in China. He named one genus "Han" which is also the biggest ethnic group in the country. He named one of the Han trilobites "Han solo" in reference to Star Wars.

This "previously unknown species" of the genus Homo was hailed by SUNY ESF as being "a new branch" on the family tree for early humans. Discovered in South Africa, the exact age of the remains are yet to be determined but "will have implications for the early history of our genus."

There's an extinct synapsid species named Bulbasaurus phylloxyron (phylloxyron means razor leaf), whose genus name comes from its bulbous nasal structures and not the Pokemon

Poecilotheria metallica is a species of tarantula that it is covered in blue hair. Like others in its genus it exhibits an intricate fractal-like pattern on the abdomen. The species' habitat is just a 100 sq. km (39 sq mi) area in central southern India. No human fatalities have been reported.

Cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale, collard greens, Chinese broccoli, and kohlrabi are all the same species. Their genus also contains canola, rutabaga, turnips, rapini, and various mustards.

The Bullshark is not the only species of shark that can live in completely fresh water. There are three species in the Glyphis genus in southeast Asian and Australia that are only found in rivers.

The Preferential Attachment process, also known as "the rich get richer". This phenomenon apparently occurs naturally and has been used to explain the power-law distribution of the number of species per genus of flowering plants.

There is a genus of 13 species of small fishes that numbers up to a quadrillion individuals

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Syngnathiformes
Family Syngnathidae
Genus Hippocampus
Species H. zebra
Binomial name Hippocampus zebra

A species of fish called the "Boops boops" and its genus, also called Boops.

Predatoronoops, a genus of spider endemic to Brazil's Atlantic forest. The genus is named after the Predator franchise, and every species in the genus is named after one of the franchise's characters (i.e. Predatoroonops dutch, Predatoroonops billy, etc.)

The genus species name for the American Alligator is Alligator Mississippiensis.

Theres a species of snail found in Queesland, Australia, that's scientific name is Crikey Steveirwini. Its the only member of the Crikey genus

In 2015, a new species of Iranian spider, Filistata maguirei, was named after Tobey Maguire in honor of his portrayal of Spider-Man. That same year, Maguire was commemorated in the name of the newly established genus Maguimithrax, a type of spider crab.

Four of the five species of the Panthera genus, the exception being the snow leopard, can hybridize with each other to produce numerous hybrids.

Australian marine biologists created the genus "Bazinga" in 2013 for a previously undiscovered species of tiny jellyfish, "Bazinga rieki". They named it after Dr. Sheldon Cooper's catchphrase.

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