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{{Other uses|Genus (disambiguation)}}
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'''Genus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|iː|n|ə|s}} {{plural form}}: '''genera''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|ɛ|n|ər|ə|}}) is a [[taxonomic rank]] above [[species]] and below [[family (taxonomy)|family]] as used in the [[biological classification]] of [[extant taxon|living]] and [[fossil]] organisms as well as [[Virus classification#ICTV classification|virus]]es.<ref name = "ICTV">{{Cite web|url=https://ictv.global/taxonomy|title=ICTV Taxonomy|date=2017|access-date=May 29, 2018|publisher=[[International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses]]|archive-date=March 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320103754/https://talk.ictvonline.org/taxonomy|url-status=live}}</ref> In [[binomial nomenclature]], the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.
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