IFAS Extension
Cetaceans 4th Grade Curriculum Lesson 5—Scientific Names—Understanding Where Those Funny Words Come From
Maia Patterson McGuire andRuth Francis-Floyd
Release Date: 6/1/2026
4-H Youth Development
Abstract
A UF/IFAS numbered Curriculum. in support of UF/IFAS Extension program: Youth development
About this Publication
This document is VM230, one of a Cetaceans 4th Grade Curriculum series of the Veterinary Medicine—Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date June 2019. Revised January 2023 and January 2026. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.
How to Cite
Patterson McGuire, M., & Francis-Floyd, R. (2019). Cetaceans 4th Grade Curriculum—Lesson 5: Scientific Names—Understanding Where Those Funny Words Come from. EDIS, 2019(3). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-vm230-2019
Authors
Maia Patterson McGuire
Specialist
University of Florida
associate program leader and Extension agent IV, UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL
Ruth Francis-Floyd
Specialist
University of Florida
professor and UF/IFAS Extension veterinarian, UF College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program