Name of animal-plant: Northern right-whale dolphin

Species name: Lissodelphis borealis

Animal type: M_MAMMAL

Subcategory: dolphin

Fact:

All animals and plants are given a species name based on a technical term in biological taxnomy. The species name consists of two words and is based on Latin.

The first part of the name identifies the genus to which the species belongs and  the second part identifies the species within the genus. In this animals case it is: Lissodelphis borealis