1.."designed to tell you something about the animal's relationships with other animals. The scientific name of each species is made up of a generic name (generic epithet) and a specific name (specific epithet)" 2. "often descriptive also, suggesting something about the animal" 3. "Every species can be unambiguously identified with just two words" 4. "The same name can be used all over the world, in all languages, avoiding difficulties of translation.