Question

difference between genus and species with practical example? please help

Answer 1

Species:

Species is defined as the largest group organisms that can interbreed to produce a fertile offspring. Organisms having similar set of DNA and similar physical and morphological attributes are said to be of the same species. They have the same number of chromosomes and thus possess similar morphological characteristics. The male and female of the same species can interbreed to produce a fertile offspring of the same species.

Genus:

‘Genus’ in Greek means ‘race’. It comes below the family and above the species in the taxonomic hierarchy. Many a times it is not possible to identify all organisms up to the level of the species, especially the fossilized and extinct ones. In such case identifying the genus of the organism is enough to label it.

A genus, for example, might be “Bird” and the species “Feeding in water,” or the genus might be “Animal” and the species “Bird.” The two… …indicates the larger category, or genus, to which chimpanzees belong; the second word is the name of the species within the genus.

Answer 2

the species means the group of individuals which can interbreed in themselves...

many species constitute ...a genus..

e.g. leo , tigrina, pardus...are the species under the genus..... Panthera...