How are scientific names (binomial nomenclatures) written in Japan, if they are?


I assume that they would use normal roman letters, but is there a way that
scientific names for plants and animals to be written other than the Latin
script?




For international understanding, Latin can be used, but in Japanese texts
Japanese words are normally used either by itself or together with the Latin
name (depends on context), regardless of whether or not the name has only been
transliterated from other languages, or if actual Japanese words are used.
From Kingdom down to Class Kanji are used, whereas from Order down to Species,
katakana is used (there might be exceptions to this). Thus for the binomial
nomenclature (Genus species) katakana is always used. The Latin names are
referred to as 学名{がくめい} whereas the Japanese names are referred to as 和名{わめい}

界{かい} : Kingdom  
門{もん} : Phylum  
亜門{あもん} : Subphylum  
綱{こう} : Class  
目{もく} : Order  
亜目{あもく} : Suborder  
科{か} : Family  
亜科{あか} : Subfamily  
属{ぞく} : Genus  
種{しゅ} : Species




For international understanding, Latin can be used, but in Japanese texts
Japanese words are normally used either by itself or together with the Latin
name (depends on context), regardless of whether or not the name has only been
transliterated from other languages, or if actual Japanese words are used.
From Kingdom down to Class Kanji are used, whereas from Order down to Species,
katakana is used (there might be exceptions to this). Thus for the binomial
nomenclature (Genus species) katakana is always used. The Latin names are
referred to as 学名{がくめい} whereas the Japanese names are referred to as 和名{わめい}

界{かい} : Kingdom  
門{もん} : Phylum  
亜門{あもん} : Subphylum  
綱{こう} : Class  
目{もく} : Order  
亜目{あもく} : Suborder  
科{か} : Family  
亜科{あか} : Subfamily  
属{ぞく} : Genus  
種{しゅ} : Species

