### Question:Which of the following native Kentucky species has its scientific name correctly formatted?### Options:- **A)** *Hyla versicolor* (Gray Treefrog)- **B)** *sciurus carolinensis* (Eastern Gray Squirrel)- **C)** *Lynx rufus* (Bobcat)- **D)** *Lepomis macrochirus* (Bluegill Sunfish)### Explanation:This question tests the understanding of the proper formatting of scientific names, which follows the binomial nomenclature system. In proper formatting:- The genus name is always capitalized.- The species name is always lowercase.- Both names should be italicized or underlined. The correct answer is **A)** *Hyla versicolor* (Gray Treefrog), where the scientific name is correctly formatted with both the genus and species italicized, and the genus is capitalized.

A Scientific name is made of Genus and specific epithet. 1) Genus name will always Capital latter. 2) specific epithet is not capitalized. 3) Both are written in italics. 4) If they are handwritten or non-italics then underline them separately.a) Hyla versicolor ( Gray Treefrog) Here both name are NOT underline SEPARATELY. so this name is incorrect. b) sciurus caroleniensis ( Eastern Gray Squirrel) Here both are in italics but first latter is not CAPITAL and second name spelling is incorrect. the correct name is - Sciurus carolinensis c) Lynx rufus (Bobcat). This is the correct scientific name. d) Lepomis macrochirus (Bluegill Sunfish). Here both name are not underline separately or they are not in italics. so this is also not correct.From the above given explanation only option C) Lynx rufus (Bobcat) is the scientifically correct formatted name. So option C) is correct.