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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 hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population [a] Jaguar. P. onca (Linnaeus, 1758) Large swathes of South and Latin America, and Arizona in the United States: Size: 110–170 cm (43–67 in) long, 44–80 cm (17–31 in) tail [84]
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 .
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Marsh deer. B. dichotomus (Illiger, 1815) Scattered parts of central South America (former range in red) Size: 153–191 cm (60–75 in) long, plus 12–16 cm (5–6 in) tail; 110–127 cm (43–50 in) tall at shoulder [18]
The following is a list of currently existing (or, in the jargon of taxonomy) 'extant' species of the infraorder cetacea (for extinct cetacean species, see the list of extinct cetaceans). The list is organized taxonomically into parvorders , superfamilies when applicable, families , subfamilies when applicable, genus , and then species.
The order Primates consists of 505 extant species belonging to 81 genera. This does not include hybrid species or extinct prehistoric species. Modern molecular studies indicate that the 81 genera can be grouped into 16 families; these families are divided between two named suborders and are grouped in those suborders into named clades, and some of these families are subdivided into named ...
This list contains the placental mammals in the order Chiroptera. There are an estimated 1,300 species of bat. [1] Suborder Yinpterochiroptera. Superfamily Pteropodoidea