Question

When the specific name is identical to generic name it is an example of tautonym
A. True
B. False

Answer 1

Hint: The method of naming species used in biological classification is known as nomenclature. The genus and species names, which are Latinized terms derived from different sources, denote the species to which the organism belongs. Carolus Linnaeus developed this scheme, known as the Linnaean system of binomial nomenclature, in the 1750s.

Complete answer:
The specific name (also known as the species epithet or epithet) is the second part (or second name) of a species' scientific name in zoological nomenclature (a binomen). The name of the genus or generic name is the first part of a species' name.
The generic name refers to the first part of a species' binomial name in biology, especially taxonomy. The generic name and the specific epithet make up the binomial name.
Homophone Tautonyms are scientific names that have the same common and unique epithets. Vulpes vulpes, for example, is a scientific name in which the same term is used for both the genus and the species (the red fox). The real name of the fish Catla catla is similar to the common name, and hence it is an example of a tautonym.
Or
Tautonyms are species names in which the specific epithet is an exact duplicate of the generic name, with or without the transcribed symbol, as in Malus malus.

So, correct answer to this question is option A) True

Note:
Botanical nomenclature does not recognise tautonyms, although they are permitted in zoological nomenclature. Tautonyms are expressly forbidden in the existing rules for botanical nomenclature.