Auratus can refer to: * Jean Daurat (or Dorat) (1508 – 1588), a French poet and influential classical scholar *

Pierre Doré Pierre Doré (Auratus) (c.1500 – 19 May 1559) was a French dominican Order, Dominican theologian and controversialist. Life Doré was born at Orléans. He entered the Dominican Order in 1514 and won his degrees at Paris, in 1532. Though el ...

(c.1500 – 1559), a French Dominican theologian A Latin word often used in taxonomy for species names. Auratus comes from the Latin root ''aurat''-, meaning "gold" or "golden", and is consequently used to designate species of this colour. Species labelled ''auratus'' include: *The

northern flicker The northern flicker or common flicker (''Colaptes auratus'') is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woodpecker spec ...

, ''Colaptes auratus'' *The goldfish, ''Carassius auratus'' *The golden hamster, ''Mesocricetus auratus'' *A fish called the Malawi golden cichlid, ''

Melanochromis auratus ''Melanochromis auratus'', the auratus cichlid, is a freshwater fish of the cichlid family. It is also known as golden mbuna and Malawi golden cichlid. It is endemic to the southern region of Lake Malawi, particularly from Jalo Reef southward al ...

'' *'' Pagrus auratus'', a fish known in Australia and New Zealand as the Snapper *A fish found in the Nile called ''Chrysichthys auratus'' *A Tasmanian fish called the

golden galaxias The Golden galaxias (''Galaxias auratus'') is an endangered species of landlocked galaxiid fish belonging to the genus '' Galaxias''. It is endemic to Lakes Crescent, Sorell, and their associated waterways located in central Tasmania, Australia. ...

, ''Galaxias auratus'' *The Green and Black Poison Dart Frog, ''Dendrobates auratus'' *The Madagascar starling, ''Hartlaubius auratus'' *The Levant skink, ''Euprepis auratus'' *The dogbane leaf beetle, '' Chrysochus auratus''

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