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  2. List of animal names - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. List of short species names - Wikipedia

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    The species name is after its collector, Mr. Jun Li from Jinan, China. [63] Pao abei (Roberts, 1998) - family Tetraodontidae. A species of freshwater pufferfish found in the Mekong, Chao Phraya and Mae Klong river basins in Southeast Asia. It was originally described as Tetraodon abei, the specific name honoring Japanese ichthyologist Tokiharu ...

  4. Lists of animals - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Baby Animals 101: Fun Names and Surprising Facts - AOL

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    You can learn more about each of these animals, too, by. ... Baby Animals 101: Fun Names and Surprising Facts. Ashley Haugen. December 12, 2024 at 1:06 AM. Young kangaroo, ...

  6. 101 Animals That Start With 'N'—How Many Can You Name? - AOL

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    Plus, fun facts about each one. 10. Nutria. Also known as a coypu, this large, semi-aquatic rodent is native to South America and stands out for its orange teeth and webbed hind feet.

  7. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names

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    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 ...

  8. List of birds by common name - Wikipedia

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    In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents

  9. List of commonly used taxonomic affixes - Wikipedia

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    Used for large groups of animals that share similar characteristics; also used in names of bird and fish orders. Examples: Galliformes ("chicken form"); Anseriformes ("goose form"); Squaliformes ("shark form")