Editing Genus (section)

===The type concept===
{{see also|Type genus|Type species|Type specimen}}
Each genus should have a designated [[type (biology)|type]], although in practice there is a backlog of older names without one. In zoology, this is the [[type species]], and the generic name is permanently associated with the [[type specimen]] of its type species. Should the specimen turn out to be assignable to another genus, the generic name linked to it becomes a [[junior synonym]] and the remaining [[taxon|taxa]] in the former genus need to be reassessed.