State any two universal rules of binomial nomenclature.

Explanation

(i) Scientific names are, generally, written in Latin or derived from Latin, irrespective of their origin.
(ii) The scientific names are written in Italics or underlined. The first-word denotes the name of the genus, and the second word denotes the species.
(iii) The generic names starts with a capital letter, while the specific name starts with a small letter.