Animals with misleading names

2 comments, 145 views, posted 2:03 pm 17/07/2012 in Nature by waints
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3:23 pm 17/07/2012

cyvoid

how is the king cobra not a cobra?

3:29 pm 17/07/2012

HariSeldon

Quote by cyvoid:

how is the king cobra not a cobra?

because it isn't. It is a different genus. It is similar to the cobra but there are enough differences to put them in a separate.
However I don't know the biology behind placing animals in genus. Is it arbitrary or is there certain criteria needed to dictate when some animal belongs to one group or another?

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