In zoology, a subspecific name is the third part of a trinomen. In zoology there is only one rank below that of species, namely "subspecies".

The name of a subspecies is a trinomen, a trinominal name, i.e. a name that consists of three names: generic name, specific name and subspecific name. The subspecific name is written like the specific name: without capitalisation but typeset in italics.

See also

• binominal nomenclature
• trinomen
• trinomial nomenclature
• in plants, an infraspecific taxon gets a three part name, a ternary name.

zoological nomenclature