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List of animal names. Mother sea otter with sleeping pup, Morro Bay, California. In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on ...
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
Which available name must be used in case of name conflicts (= valid name) How scientific literature must cite names; Zoological nomenclature is independent of other systems of nomenclature, for example botanical nomenclature. This implies that animals can have the same generic names as plants (e.g. there is a genus Abronia in both animals and ...
Since 1961, [44] "binomi n al nomenclature" is the technically correct term in zoology. [1] A binomial name is also called a binomen (plural binomina) or binominal name. [2] Both codes consider the first part of the two-part name for a species to be the "generic name".
nomen confusum (plural: nomina confusa), (bact.) a name based on a mixed bacterial culture. nomen perplexum (plural: nomina perplexa), a name confusingly similar to another name or names. nomen periculosum (plural: nomina periculosa), an name which can lead to dangerous outcomes, through confusion.
The Southeast Asian soldier fly, native to Thailand, has the longest valid scientific name for any animal, and any macroscopic organism. [5] [6] Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum (McClung 1935) Collins et al. 1994 - family Thermoanaerobacteraceae.
Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million in total. Animals range in size from 8.5 millionths of a metre to 33.6 metres (110 ft) long and have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs.
This is a list of the scientific names of extant snakes. It includes 517 genera and 3,738 species: [1] Acanthophis. Acanthophis antarcticus. Acanthophis cryptamydros. Acanthophis hawkei. Acanthophis laevis. Acanthophis praelongus. Acanthophis pyrrhus.