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    • A brown common house mouse on a computer mouse
    Rights: Mladen Hanzek Published 14 April 2009 Size: 47 KB Referencing Hub media

    When one scientist talks to another about Mus musculus (the common house mouse), there is no confusion with its computer counterpart.

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      Naming species

      Why do scientists go to great lengths to describe and classify species, and why are many of the names so incredibly difficult to say? Rights: Tansy Bliss, Crown copyright, Department of ...

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