The species name of the african elephant is loxodonta africana. in the species name, africana is the a. family b. genus c. specific epithet d. domain

The scientific name for animals starts with the Kingdom then goes down the list: phylum, class, order, family, genus then the specific epithet, therefore the africana in Loxodonta africanawould be C)specific epithet.(Note: Scientific names should always be italicized, expect for when the family is introduced. For example, the family for the African Elephant would be Elephantidae, starting always with a capital letter as the genus should be as well but not italicized.)

C) specific because you are giving the exact name