Which mammal's scientific name is Homo sapiens?

The mammal whose scientific name is Homo sapiens is the human.

Homo sapiens is the binomial, or two-part, scientific name for modern humans. Homo is the genus name, while sapiens is the species name; the Latin phrase is commonly translated as “wise man” or “knowledgeable man.” Carl Linnaeus formally published the name in 1758.

Humans are primates and the only living species generally recognized in the genus Homo. Other members of Homo, including Neanderthals and Homo erectus, are extinct. Neanderthals are often discussed as a separate species, though some researchers have classified them as a subspecies of Homo sapiens.

A common mix-up is treating “human” and “Homo sapiens” as unrelated terms. In everyday English, human is the common name, while Homo sapiens is the scientific name. Humans evolved in Africa, with the earliest widely accepted fossils of our species dating to roughly 300,000 years ago.