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tautonym A tautonym is a scientific name of a species in which both parts of the name have the same spelling, such as ''Rattus rattus''. The first part of the name is the name of the genus and the second part is referred to as the ''specific epithet'' in ...

zoological Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and dis ...

names of species consisting of two identical words (the generic name and the specific name have the same spelling). Such names are allowed in

zoology Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and ...

, but not in

botany Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek w ...

, where the two parts of the name of a species must differ (though differences as small as one letter are permitted, as in cumin, ''Cuminum cyminum'').

Mammals

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Alces alces The moose (in North America) or elk (in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. Most adult male ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian elk, moose *'' Axis axis'' (Erxleben, 1777) — chital *'' Bison bison'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — American bison *''

Capreolus capreolus The roe deer (''Capreolus capreolus''), also known as the roe, western roe deer, or European roe, is a species of deer. The male of the species is sometimes referred to as a roebuck. The roe is a small deer, reddish and grey-brown, and well-adapt ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — European roe, roe deer *'' Caracal caracal'' (Schreber, 1776) — caracal *''

Chinchilla chinchilla The short-tailed chinchilla (''Chinchilla chinchilla)'' is a small rodent part of the Chinchillidae family and is classified as an endangered species by the IUCN. Originating in South America, the chinchilla is part of the genus ''Chinchilla'', w ...

'' (Lichtenstein, 1829) — short-tailed chinchilla *''

Chiropotes chiropotes The red-backed bearded sakiBonvicino, C. R., Boubli, J. P., Otazú, I. B., Almeida, F. C., Nascimento, F. F., Coura, J. R. and Seuánez, H. N. (2003). ''Morphologic, karyotypic, and molecular evidence of a new form of Chiropotes (primates, pithec ...

'' (Humboldt, 1811) — red-backed bearded saki *'' Cricetus cricetus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common hamster, European hamster *''

Crocuta crocuta The spotted hyena (''Crocuta crocuta''), also known as the laughing hyena, is a hyena species, currently classed as the sole extant member of the genus '' Crocuta'', native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as being of least concern by the ...

'' (Erxleben, 1777) — spotted hyena *''

Dama dama The European fallow deer (''Dama dama''), also known as the common fallow deer or simply fallow deer, is a species of ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. It is historically native to Turkey and possibly the Italian Peninsula, Bal ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — fallow deer *'' Feroculus feroculus'' (Kelaart, 1850) — Kelaart's long-clawed shrew *''

Gazella gazella The mountain gazelle (''Gazella gazella''), also called the Palestine mountain gazelle, is a species of gazelle widely but unevenly distributed. Description Mountain gazelle are one of the few mammals in which both sexes have horns. Males ha ...

'' (Pallas, 1766) — mountain gazelle *'' Genetta genetta'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common genet *''

Gerbillus gerbillus The lesser Egyptian gerbil (''Gerbillus gerbillus'') is a small species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is native to North Africa and the Sinai Peninsula, where it lives in sandy habitats. It is a common species, and the International Union ...

'' (Olivier, 1801) — lesser Egyptian gerbil *'' Giraffa giraffa'' (von Schreber, 1784) — southern giraffe *''

Glis glis The European edible dormouse or European fat dormouse (''Glis glis'') is a large dormouse and one of only two living species in the genus ''Glis'', found in most of Europe and parts of western Asia. Its name comes from the Romans, who ate them as ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — fat dormouse, edible dormouse *'' Gorilla gorilla'' (Savage, 1847) — western gorilla *''

Gulo gulo The wolverine (), (''Gulo gulo''; ''Gulo'' is Latin for " glutton"), also referred to as the glutton, carcajou, or quickhatch (from East Cree, ''kwiihkwahaacheew''), is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae. It is a muscu ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — wolverine *''

Hoolock hoolock The western hoolock gibbon (''Hoolock hoolock'') is a primate from the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. The species is found in Assam, Mizoram, and Meghalaya in India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar west of the Chindwin River. Classification Mootnick an ...

'' (Harlan, 1834) — western hoolock gibbon *'' Hyaena hyaena'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — striped hyena *''

Indri indri The indri (; ''Indri indri''), also called the babakoto, is one of the largest living lemurs, with a head-body length of about and a weight of between . It has a black and white coat and maintains an upright posture when climbing or clinging. ...

'' (Gmelin, 1788) — indri *'' Jaculus jaculus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — lesser Egyptian jerboa *''

Lagurus lagurus The steppe lemming or steppe vole (''Lagurus lagurus'') is a small, plump, light-grey rodent, similar in appearance to the Norway lemming ('' Lemmus lemmus''), but not in the same genus. The steppe lemming eats shoots and leaves and is more act ...

'' (Pallas, 1773) — steppe vole, steppe lemming *'' Lemmus lemmus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Norway lemming *''

Lutra lutra The Eurasian otter (''Lutra lutra''), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia. The most widely distributed member of the otter subfamily (Lutrinae) of ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — European otter *'' Lynx lynx'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian lynx *'' Macrophyllum macrophyllum'' (Schinz, 1821) — long-legged bat *'' Marmota marmota'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Alpine marmot *''

Martes martes The European pine marten (''Martes martes''), also known as the pine marten, is a mustelid native to and widespread in most of Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus and parts of Iran, Iraq and Syria. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — European pine marten, pine marten *''

Meles meles The European badger (''Meles meles''), also known as the Eurasian badger, is a badger species in the family Mustelidae native to almost all of Europe. It is classified as least concern on the IUCN Red List as it has a wide range and a large sta ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — European badger, Eurasian badger *'' Mephitis mephitis'' (Schreber, 1776) — striped skunk *'' Molossus molossus'' (Pallas, 1766) — Pallas's mastiff bat *''

Monachus monachus The Mediterranean monk seal (''Monachus monachus'') is a monk seal belonging to the family Phocidae. , it is estimated that fewer than 700 individuals survive in three or four isolated subpopulations in the Mediterranean, (especially) in the A ...

'' (Hermann, 1779) — Mediterranean monk seal *''

Mops mops The Malayan free-tailed bat (''Mops mops'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen ...

'' (de Blainville, 1840) — Malayan free-tailed bat *'' Myospalax myospalax'' (Laxmann, 1773) — Siberian zokor *'' Myotis myotis'' (Borkhausen, 1797) — mouse-eared myotis, greater mouse-eared bat *''

Nasua nasua The South American coati (''Nasua nasua''), also known as the ring-tailed coati, is a coati species and a member of the raccoon family ( Procyonidae), found in the tropical and subtropical parts of South America. An adult generally weighs from ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — South American coati, coatimundi *'' Niviventer niviventer'' (Hodgson, 1836) — Himalayan niviventer, white-bellied rat *'' Oreotragus oreotragus'' (Zimmermann, 1783) — klipspringer *''

Papio papio The Guinea baboon (''Papio papio'') is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. Some (older) classifications list only two species in the genus '' Papio'', this one and the hamadryas baboon. In those classifications, all other ''Papio'' specie ...

'' (Desmarest, 1820) — Guinea baboon *'' Petaurista petaurista'' (Pallas, 1766) — red giant flying squirrel *'' Phocoena phocoena'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — harbor porpoise, harbour porpoise *'' Pipistrellus pipistrellus'' (Schreber, 1774) — common pipistrelle *'' Pithecia pithecia'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — white-faced saki *''

Rattus rattus The black rat (''Rattus rattus''), also known as the roof rat, ship rat, or house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the stereotypical rat genus ''Rattus'', in the subfamily Murinae. It likely originated in the Indian subcontinent, but is ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — roof rat, black rat *''

Redunca redunca The bohor reedbuck (''Redunca redunca'') is an antelope native to central Africa. The animal is placed under the genus '' Redunca'' and in the family Bovidae. It was first described by German zoologist and botanist Peter Simon Pallas in 1767. ...

'' (Pallas, 1767) — Bohor reedbuck *'' Rupicapra rupicapra'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Alpine chamois, chamois *''

Saccolaimus saccolaimus The naked-rumped pouched bat (''Saccolaimus saccolaimus''), also known as the pouched tomb bat, is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. Taxonomy Described in 1838 by Coenraad Temminck. the author assigned the species to a n ...

'' (Temminck, 1838) — naked-rumped pouched bat *''

Vulpes vulpes The red fox (''Vulpes vulpes'') is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe and Asia, plus ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — red fox

Birds

Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera)

*'' Alle alle'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — little auk, dovekie *'' Amandava amandava'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — red avadavat *''

Anhinga anhinga The anhinga (; ''Anhinga anhinga''), sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word ''anhinga'' comes from ''a'ñinga'' in the Brazilian Tupi language and means ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — anhinga *'' Anser anser'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — greylag goose *'' Antigone antigone'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — sarus crane *'' Apus apus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common swift *'' Bubo bubo'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian eagle-owl *'' Buteo buteo'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common buzzard *'' Calliope calliope'' (Pallas, 1776) — Siberian rubythroat *''

Cardinalis cardinalis The northern cardinal (''Cardinalis cardinalis'') is a bird in the genus ''Cardinalis''; it is also known colloquially as the redbird, common cardinal, red cardinal, or just cardinal (which was its name prior to 1985). It can be found in southea ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — northern cardinal *''

Carduelis carduelis The European goldfinch or simply the goldfinch (''Carduelis carduelis'') is a small passerine bird in the finch family that is native to Europe, North Africa and western and central Asia. It has been introduced to other areas, including Austral ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — European goldfinch *''

Casuarius casuarius The southern cassowary (''Casuarius casuarius''), also known as double-wattled cassowary, Australian cassowary or two-wattled cassowary, is a large flightless black bird. It is one of the three living species of cassowary, alongside the dwarf ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — southern cassowary *''

Chloris chloris The European greenfinch or simply the greenfinch (''Chloris chloris'') is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. This bird is widespread throughout Europe, North Africa and Southwest Asia. It is mainly resident, but some north ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — European greenfinch *''

Ciconia ciconia The white stork (''Ciconia ciconia'') is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on the bird's wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to en ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — white stork *'' Cinclus cinclus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — white-throated dipper *'' Clanga clanga'' (Pallas, 1811) — greater spotted eagle *'' Coccothraustes coccothraustes'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — hawfinch *'' Cochlearius cochlearius'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — boat-billed heron *'' Coeligena coeligena'' (Lesson, 1833) — bronzy inca *'' Colius colius'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — white-backed mousebird *'' Coscoroba coscoroba'' (Molina, 1782) — coscoroba swan *'' Cotinga cotinga'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — purple-breasted cotinga *'' Coturnix coturnix'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common quail *'' Crex crex'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — corncrake *''

Crossoptilon crossoptilon The white eared pheasant (''Crossoptilon crossoptilon''), also known as Dolan’s eared pheasant or Bee's pheasant, is a species of " eared pheasant" that get its name because its colouration is white and has the prominent ear tufts of the genu ...

'' (Hodgson, 1838) — white eared pheasant *'' Curaeus curaeus'' (Molina, 1782) — austral blackbird *'' Cyanicterus cyanicterus'' (Vieillot, 1819) — blue-backed tanager *''

Cygnus cygnus The whooper swan ( /ˈhuːpə(ɹ) swɒn/) (''Cygnus cygnus''), also known as the common swan, pronounced ''hooper swan'', is a large northern hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American trumpeter swan, and the type speci ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — whooper swan *''

Diuca diuca The diuca finch (''Diuca diuca'') is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus ''Diuca''. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical ...

'' (Molina, 1782) — common diuca finch *'' Dives dives'' (Deppe, 1830) — melodious blackbird *'' Ensifera ensifera'' (Boissonneau, 1840) — sword-billed hummingbird *'' Erythrogenys erythrogenys'' (Vigors, 1831) — rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler *'' Falcipennis falcipennis'' (Hartlaub, 1855) — Siberian grouse *'' Francolinus francolinus'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — black francolin *'' Galbula galbula'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — green-tailed jacamar *''

Gallinago gallinago The common snipe (''Gallinago gallinago'') is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The breeding habitats are marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows throughout the Palearctic. In the north, the distribution limit extends from Iceland ov ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common snipe *''

Gallus gallus The red junglefowl (''Gallus gallus'') is a tropical bird in the family Phasianidae. It ranges across much of Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia. It was formerly known as the Bankiva or Bankiva Fowl. It is the species that gave rise to the ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — red junglefowl *'' Granatina granatina'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — violet-eared waxbill *'' Grus grus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common crane *''

Guira guira The guira cuckoo (''Guira guira'') is a gregarious bird found widely in open and semi-open habitats of northeastern, eastern and southern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and northeastern Argentina. It is the only species placed in the genus ...

'' (Gmelin, 1788) — guira cuckoo *'' Himantopus himantopus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — black-winged stilt *'' Histrionicus histrionicus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — harlequin duck *'' Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus'' (Pallas, 1773) — Pallas's gull *'' Icterus icterus'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — Venezuelan troupial *'' Incana incana'' (Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881) — Socotra warbler *'' Indicator indicator'' (Sparrman, 1777) — greater honeyguide *''

Jacana jacana The wattled jacana (''Jacana jacana'') is a wader which is a resident breeder from western Panama and Trinidad south through most of South America east of the Andes. Breeding The wattled jacana lays four black-marked brown eggs in a floating n ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — wattled jacana *'' Lagopus lagopus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — willow ptarmigan *'' Lerwa lerwa'' (Hodgson, 1833) — snow partridge *'' Leucogeranus leucogeranus'' (Pallas, 1773) — Siberian crane *''

Limosa limosa The black-tailed godwit (''Limosa limosa'') is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is a member of the godwit genus, '' Limosa''. There are four subspecies, all with orange head, neck and chest ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — black-tailed godwit *'' Luscinia luscinia'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — thrush nightingale *'' Manacus manacus'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — white-bearded manakin *'' Mascarinus mascarinus'' (Linnaeus, 1771) — Mascarene parrot or mascarin *'' Melanodera melanodera'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) — white-bridled finch *'' Milvus milvus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — red kite *'' Mitu mitu'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — Alagoas curassow *''

Nycticorax nycticorax The black-crowned night heron (''Nycticorax nycticorax''), or black-capped night heron, commonly shortened to just night heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, including parts of Europe, Asia, and N ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — black-crowned night heron *'' Oenanthe oenanthe'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — northern wheatear *'' Oriolus oriolus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian golden oriole *'' Pampa pampa'' (Lesson, 1832) — wedge-tailed sabrewing *'' Pauxi pauxi'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — helmeted curassow *''

Perdix perdix The grey partridge (''Perdix perdix''), also known as the gray-legged partridge, English partridge, Hungarian partridge, or hun, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. The scientific name ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — grey partridge *'' Petronia petronia'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — rock sparrow *'' Phoenicurus phoenicurus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common redstart *''

Pica pica The Eurasian magpie or common magpie (''Pica pica'') is a resident breeding bird throughout the northern part of the Eurasian continent. It is one of several birds in the crow family (corvids) designated magpies, and belongs to the Holarctic r ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian magpie *''

Pipile pipile The Trinidad piping guan (''Pipile pipile'') locally known as the pawi, is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae, endemic to the island of Trinidad. It is a large bird, somewhat resembling a turkey in appearance, and resear ...

'' (Jacquin, 1784) — Trinidad piping guan *'' Poliocephalus poliocephalus'' (Jardine & Selby, 1827) — hoary-headed grebe *'' Porphyrio porphyrio'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — western swamphen *'' Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema'' (Deville & Sclater, 1852) — purple-throated cotinga *'' Porzana porzana'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — spotted crake *'' Puffinus puffinus'' (Brünnich, 1764) — Manx shearwater *'' Pyrilia pyrilia'' (Bonaparte, 1853) — saffron-headed parrot *'' Pyrope pyrope'' (von Kittlitz, 1830) — fire-eyed diucon *''

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax The red-billed chough, Cornish chough or simply chough ( ; ''Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax''), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus '' Pyrrhocorax''. Its eight subspecies breed on mountains and coastal cliffs from the we ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — red-billed chough *''

Pyrrhula pyrrhula The Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch or bullfinch (''Pyrrhula pyrrhula'') is a small passerine bird in the finch family, Fringillidae. In Anglophone Europe it is known simply as the bullfinch, as it is the original bird to bear the name bull ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian bullfinch *''

Quelea quelea The red-billed quelea (; ''Quelea quelea''), also known as the red-billed weaver or red-billed dioch, is a small—approximately long and weighing —migratory, sparrow-like bird of the weaver family, Ploceidae, native to Sub-Saharan Africa. ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — red-billed quelea *'' Radjah radjah'' (Garnot & Lesson, 1828) — radjah shelduck *'' Regulus regulus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — goldcrest *''

Riparia riparia The sand martin (''Riparia riparia''), also known as the bank swallow (in the Americas), collared sand martin, or common sand martin, is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family. It has a wide range in summer, embracing practically the ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — sand martin, bank swallow *''

Rupicola rupicola The Guianan cock-of-the-rock (''Rupicola rupicola'') is a species of cotinga, a passerine bird from South America. It is about in length and weighs about . It is found in tropical rainforests, near its preferred habitat of rocky outcrops. The f ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — Guianan cock-of-the-rock *'' Serinus serinus'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — European serin *'' Spinus spinus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian siskin *'' Suiriri suiriri'' (Vieillot, 1818) — suiriri flycatcher *'' Sula sula'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — red-footed booby *'' Tadorna tadorna'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common shelduck *'' Tchagra tchagra'' (Vieillot, 1816) — southern tchagra *'' Temnurus temnurus'' (Temminck, 1825) — ratchet-tailed treepie *'' Tetrax tetrax'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — little bustard *'' Todus todus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Jamaican tody *'' Troglodytes troglodytes'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian wren *'' Tyrannus tyrannus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — eastern kingbird *''

Urile urile The red-faced cormorant (''Urile urile''), red-faced shag or violet shag, is a bird species of the family Phalacrocoracidae. Its range spans from the eastern tip of Hokkaidō in Japan, northern korean peninsula, via the Kuril Islands, the south ...

'' (Gmelin, 1789) — red-faced cormorant *''

Vanellus vanellus The northern lapwing (''Vanellus vanellus''), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tew-it, green plover, or (in Ireland and Britain) pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing subfamily. It is common through temperate Eurosiberia. ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — northern lapwing *'' Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus'' (Bonaparte, 1826) — yellow-headed blackbird *'' Xenopirostris xenopirostris'' (Lafresnaye, 1850) — Lafresnaye's vanga

Reptiles

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Agama agama The common agama, red-headed rock agama or rainbow agama (''Agama agama'') is a species of lizard from the family Agamidae found in most of sub-Saharan Africa. To clear up historical confusion based on Linnaeus and other authors, Wagner, et al. ( ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — rainbow agama *''

Ameiva ameiva ''Ameiva ameiva'', also known as the giant ameiva, green ameiva, South American ground lizard, or Amazon racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae found in Central America, Central, South America, and some Caribbean Islands. Geogr ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — giant ameiva *'' Basiliscus basiliscus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common basilisk *'' Calotes calotes'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common green forest lizard *''

Caretta caretta The loggerhead sea turtle (''Caretta caretta'') is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The average loggerhead measures around in carapace length when fully ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — loggerhead sea turtle *''

Cerastes cerastes ''Cerastes cerastes'', commonly known as the Saharan horned viperMallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. (2003). ''True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers''. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. . or the desert horned viper ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — desert horned viper *'' Chalcides chalcides'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Italian three-toed skink *''

Clelia clelia ''Clelia clelia'', commonly known as the black mussurana or windward cribo, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to the New World. Etymology The subspecific name, ''groomei'', is in honor of Grenadian zoologist ...

'' (Daudin, 1803) — mussurana *'' Cordylus cordylus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Cape girdled lizard *'' Enhydris enhydris'' (Schneider, 1799) — rainbow water snake *''

Hypnale hypnale ''Hypnale hypnale'' is a venomous pit viper species endemic to India and Sri Lanka. Common names include the hump-nosed viper,United States Navy (1991). ''Poisonous Snakes of the World''. New York: United States Government/Dover Publications In ...

'' (Merrem, 1820) — hump-nosed viper *'' Iguana iguana'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — green iguana *''

Naja naja The Indian cobra (''Naja naja''), also known as the spectacled cobra, Asian cobra, or binocellate cobra, is a species of cobra found in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan, and a member of the "big four" species that are ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Indian cobra *''

Natrix natrix The grass snake (''Natrix natrix''), sometimes called the ringed snake or water snake, is a Eurasian non-venomous colubrid snake. It is often found near water and feeds almost exclusively on amphibians. Subspecies Many subspecies are recogni ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — grass snake *''

Ophioscincus ophioscincus The yolk-bellied snake-skink (''Ophioscincus ophioscincus'') is a species of skink found in Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivi ...

'' (Boulenger, 1887) — yolk-bellied snake-skink *'' Plica plica'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — collared treerunner *'' Scincus scincus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — sandfish *'' Suta suta'' (Peters, 1863) — curl snake *'' Tetradactylus tetradactylus'' (Daudin, 1802) — long-toed seps

Amphibians

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Bombina bombina The European fire-bellied toad (''Bombina bombina'') is a species of fire-bellied toad native to eastern parts of mainland Europe, where it can be found near waterbodies such as ponds and marshes. It is known for its red colored belly used to wa ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1761) — European fire-bellied toad *''

Bufo bufo The common toad, European toad, or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply the toad (''Bufo bufo'', from Latin ''bufo'' "toad"), is a frog found throughout most of Europe (with the exception of Ireland, Iceland, and some Mediterranean islands), in ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common toad *''

Pipa pipa The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a () is a traditional Chinese musical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the "Chinese lute", the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ran ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Suriname toad *'' Salamandra salamandra'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — fire salamander

Fish

*'' Alburnus alburnus'' — bleak *'' Alosa alosa'' — allis shad *'' Anableps anableps'' — largescale foureyes *''

Anguilla anguilla The European eel (''Anguilla anguilla'') is a species of eel, a snake-like, catadromous fish. They are normally around and rarely reach more than , but can reach a length of up to in exceptional cases. Eels have been important sources of ...

'' — European eel *''

Anostomus anostomus ''Anostomus anostomus'', also known as the striped headstander, striped anostomus, and striped anastomus, is a species of fish. Description This species is pale peach to pinkish in colour, with long, black, lateral stripes. It grows to approxim ...

'' — striped headstander *'' Anthias anthias'' — swallowtail seaperch *'' Aspredo aspredo'' — a species of banjo catfish *'' Badis badis'' — blue perch, blue badis *''

Bagarius bagarius ''Bagarius bagarius'', also known as the devil catfish, dwarf goonch or goonch ( bn, বাঘাইর), is a species of catfish in the genus ''Bagarius''. It is generally reported as being found in large and medium rivers in South Asia, and is ...

'' — devil catfish, goonch *'' Bagre bagre'' — coco sea catfish *'' Banjos banjos'' — banjofish *''

Barbatula barbatula The stone loach (''Barbatula barbatula'') is a European species of fresh water ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae. It is one of nineteen species in the genus ''Barbatula''. Stone loaches live amongst the gravel and stones of fast flowin ...

'' — stone loach *'' Barbus barbus'' — barbel *''

Batasio ''Batasio'' is a genus of catfish of the family Bagridae. These small fish are found in fast-flowing hillstreams throughout South and mainland Southeast Asia. Taxonomy ''Batasio'' was first described by Edward Blyth in 1860 with ''Batasio buchan ...

batasio'' — a species of naked catfish *'' Belobranchus belobranchus'' — throat-spine gudgeon *''

Belone belone The garfish (''Belone belone''), also known as the garpike or sea needle, is a pelagic, oceanodromous needlefish found in brackish and marine waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Black, and Baltic Seas. Description The ...

'' — garfish *''

Bidyanus bidyanus The silver perch (''Bidyanus bidyanus'') is a medium-sized freshwater fish of the family Terapontidae endemic to the Murray-Darling river system in south-eastern Australia. Taxonomy The silver perch's scientific name comes from an aboriginal ...

'' — silver perch *''

Boops boops ''Boops boops'' (; from Ancient Greek , literally 'cow-eye'), commonly called the bogue, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic. Its common name in most languages refers to its large ("bug") eyes. Distribution and habitat The sp ...

'' — bogue *'' Brama brama'' — Atlantic pomfret *''

Brosme brosme The cusk or tusk (''Brosme brosme'') is a North Atlantic cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Brosme''. Its other common names include torsk, European cusk, and brosmius.

'' — cusk *'' Butis butis'' — duckbill sleeper, crazy fish *'' Calamus calamus'' — saucereye porgy *''

Callichthys callichthys ''Callichthys callichthys'', the cascarudo, armored catfish, bubblenest catfish, hassar, or mailed catfish, is a subtropical freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Callichthyinae of the family Callichthyidae. Taxonomy It was originally descr ...

'' — cascarudo, armoured catfish *'' Capoeta capoeta'' — Caucasian scraper, Sevan khramulya *''

Carassius carassius The crucian carp (''Carassius carassius'') is a medium-sized member of the common carp family Cyprinidae. It occurs widely in northern European regions. Its name derives from the Low German ''karusse'' or ''karutze'', possibly from Medieval Lati ...

'' — crucian carp *''

Catla catla Catla (''Labeo catla''), ( bn, কাতলা, translit=kātlā) also known as the major South Asian carp, is an economically important South Asian freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It is native to rivers and lakes in northern Indi ...

'' — catla *''

Catostomus catostomus The longnose sucker (''Catostomus catostomus'') is a species of cypriniform freshwater fish in the family Catostomidae. It is native to North America from the northern United States to the top of the continent. It is also found in Russia in rive ...

'' — longnose sucker *'' Chaca chaca'' — frogmouth catfish *'' Chandramara chandramara'' — a species of naked catfish *''

Chanos chanos Chanos may refer to: * ''Chanos'' (fish), a genus of milkfish * Chanos-Curson, a commune of the Drôme, a department in southeastern France * Chanos, Zamora, a municipality in Spain * George Chanos (born 1958), American attorney and politician * ...

'' — milkfish *''

Chitala chitala ''Chitala chitala'' (Assamese: চিতল ''sitawl'', Bengali: চিতল, ''chitol'') is a knifefish from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan, found in the Brahmaputra, Indus, Ganges and Mahanadi River basins. It is sometimes known as ...

'' — Indian featherback *'' Chromis chromis'' — Mediterranean damselfish, Mediterranean chromis *'' Conger conger'' — European conger *'' Conta conta'' — conta catfish *'' Cynoglossus cynoglossus'' — Bengal tonguesole *'' Dario dario'' — scarlet badis, scarlet dario *''

Dentex dentex The common dentex (''Dentex dentex'') is a species of fish in the family Sparidae. Etymology Genus and species Latin name ''Dentex'' is related to ''dentēs'' which means "teeth". Description Adult dentex can reach a length of , and weight ...

'' — common dentex *''

Devario devario The Bengal danio or Sind danio (''Devario devario'') is a subtropical fish belonging to the minnow family ( Cyprinidae). Originating in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, this fish is sometimes kept in community tanks by fish- ...

'' — Bengal danio *'' Erythrinus erythrinus'' — red wolffish *''

Gagata gagata ''Gagata gagata'' is a species of sisorid catfish found in Bangladesh, Myanmar and India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest ...

'' — a species of

sisorid catfish Sisoridae is a family of catfishes. These Asian catfishes live in fast-moving waters and often have adaptations that allow them to adhere to objects in their habitats. The family includes about 235 species. Taxonomy The family Sisoridae is recog ...

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Glyphis glyphis The speartooth shark (''Glyphis glyphis'') is a rare species of river shark, belonging to the family Carcharhinidae. It inhabits coastal marine waters and tidal reaches of large tropical rivers in northern Australia and New Guinea. Despite bei ...

'' — speartooth shark *''

Gobio gobio ''Gobio gobio'', or the gudgeon, is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. This small fish is widely distributed in fresh-water streams and lakes across central and temperate Eurasia. The gudgeon inhabits various fresh-water habitats with ...

'' — gudgeon *'' Gonorynchus gonorynchus'' — mousefish, beaked sandfish, beaked salmon *'' Hara hara'' — a species of South Asian river catfish *'' Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus'' — red Irish lord *'' Hippocampus hippocampus'' — short-snouted seahorse *'' Hippoglossus hippoglossus'' — Atlantic halibut *'' Histrio histrio'' — sargassum fish *''

Hucho hucho The huchen (''Hucho hucho'') (, from German), also known as Danube salmon or redfish (german: Rotfisch), is a large species of freshwater fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes. It is the type species of its genus ''Hucho''. Dist ...

'' — Danube salmon, huchen *''

Huso huso The beluga (), also known as the beluga sturgeon or great sturgeon (''Huso huso''), is a species of anadromous fish in the sturgeon family (Acipenseridae) of order Acipenseriformes. It is found primarily in the Caspian and Black Sea basins, a ...

'' — beluga sturgeon *'' Lactarius lactarius'' — false trevally *'' Lagocephalus lagocephalus'' — oceanic puffer *''

Lepadogaster lepadogaster The shore clingfish (''Lepadogaster lepadogaster'') is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent Atlantic Ocean north to Galicia, Spain. Description Distribution Occurs in the eastern Atlantic fr ...

'' — shore clingfish *'' Leuciscus leuciscus'' — common dace *''

Limanda limanda The common dab (''Limanda limanda'') is an edible flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish native to shallow seas around Northern Europe, in particular the North Sea, where it lives on sandy bottoms down to depths of about . I ...

'' — common dab *'' Liparis liparis'' — common seasnail *'' Lithognathus lithognathus'' — white steenbras *''

Lota lota The burbot (''Lota lota'') is the only gadiform (cod-like) freshwater fish. It is also known as bubbot, mariah, loche, cusk, freshwater cod, freshwater ling, freshwater cusk, the lawyer, coney-fish, lingcod, and eelpout. The species is closely ...

'' — burbot *'' Lutjanus lutjanus'' — bigeye snapper *'' Menidia menidia'' — Atlantic silverside *''

Merluccius merluccius ''Merluccius merluccius'', the European hake, is a merluccid hake of the genus '' Merluccius''. Other vernacular names include Cornish salmon and herring hake. It is a predatory species which was often netted alongside one of its favoured prey, t ...

'' — European hake *'' Microstoma microstoma'' — slender argentine *''

Mola mola The ocean sunfish or common mola (''Mola mola'') is one of the largest bony fish in the world. It was misidentified as the heaviest bony fish, which was actually a different species, '' Mola alexandrini''. Adults typically weigh between . The sp ...

'' — ocean sunfish *''

Molva molva The common ling (''Molva molva''), also known as the white ling or simply the ling, is a large member of the family Lotidae, a group of cod-like fishes. It resembles the related rocklings, but it is much larger and has a single barbel. This sp ...

'' — common ling *''

Mustelus mustelus The common smooth-hound (''Mustelus mustelus'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles to South Africa, and in the Mediterranean Sea, Madeira, and the Canary Islands at depths ...

'' — common smooth-hound *''

Myaka myaka The myaka (''Myaka myaka'') is a critically endangered species of cichlid endemic to Lake Barombi Mbo in western Cameroon. It prefers open, deeper waters where it feeds on phytoplankton and small insects, only venturing into shallower waters to ...

'' — myaka *'' Nangra nangra'' — a species of

*'' Notopterus notopterus'' — bronze featherback *'' Oplopomus oplopomus'' — spinecheek goby *''

Pagrus pagrus The red porgy (''Pagrus pagrus''), or common seabream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Sparidae. It is found in shallow waters on either side of the Atlantic Ocean, being present on the western coast of Europe and the Mediter ...

'' — red porgy *''

Pangasius pangasius ''Pangasius pangasius'', the Pangas catfish, is a species of shark catfish native to fresh and brackish waters of Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Pakistan. It has also been introduced to Cambodia and Vietnam. This species grows to a standard lengt ...

'' — pangas catfish *'' Phoxinus phoxinus'' — Eurasian minnow *'' Phycis phycis'' — forkbeard *'' Pinjalo pinjalo'' — pinjalo *''

Pollachius pollachius ''Pollachius pollachius'' (Atlantic or European pollock) is a species of marine fish in the '' Pollachius'' genus. FAO uses the English name pollack for this species. Together with ''Pollachius virens'', it may also be referred to as pollock. Oth ...

'' — pollack *'' Pristis pristis'' — largetooth sawfish *'' Pseudobagarius pseudobagarius'' — a species of stream catfish *''

Pungitius pungitius The ninespine stickleback (''Pungitius pungitius''), also called the ten-spined stickleback, is a freshwater species of fish in the family Gasterosteidae that inhabits temperate waters. It is widely but locally distributed throughout Eurasia and ...

'' — ninespine stickleback *'' Rama rama'' — a species of naked catfish *'' Rasbora rasbora'' — Gangetic scissortail rasbora *'' Remora remora'' — common remora *'' Retropinna retropinna'' — New Zealand smelt *'' Rhinobatos rhinobatos'' — common guitarfish *'' Rita rita'' — rita *'' Rubicundus rubicundus'' — a species of

hagfish Hagfish, of the class Myxini (also known as Hyperotreti) and order Myxiniformes , are eel-shaped, slime-producing marine fish (occasionally called slime eels). They are the only known living animals that have a skull but no vertebral column, ...

*'' Rutilus rutilus'' — common roach *'' Sarda sarda'' — Atlantic bonito *''

Solea solea The common sole, Dover sole, or black sole (''Solea solea'') is a species of flatfish in the family Soleidae. It is one of the largest fish in the ''Solea'' genus. It lives on the sandy or muddy seabed of the northern Atlantic and the Mediterr ...

'' — common sole *''

Sphyraena sphyraena ''Sphyraena sphyraena'', also known as the European barracuda or Mediterranean barracuda, is a ray-finned predatory fish of the Mediterranean basin and the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Description ''Sphyraena sphyraena'' has a long, com ...

'' — European barracuda *'' Spinachia spinachia'' — a species of stickleback *''

Sprattus sprattus The European sprat (''Sprattus sprattus''), also known as bristling, brisling, garvie, garvock, Russian sardine, russlet, skipper or whitebait, is a species of small marine fish in the herring family Clupeidae. Found in European waters, it has si ...

'' — European sprat *''

Squatina squatina ''Squatina squatina'', the angelshark or monkfish, is a species of shark in the family Squatinidae (known generally also as angel sharks), that were once widespread in the coastal waters of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Well-adapted for ca ...

'' — angelshark *''

Synodus synodus The diamond lizardfish ''(Synodus synodus)'' is a species of lizardfish that lives in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Information The diamond lizardfish has been found within marine environments within reef-associated are ...

'' — diamond lizardfish *'' Tandanus tandanus'' — eel-tailed catfish *''

Thymallus thymallus ''Thymallus thymallus'', the grayling or European grayling, is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family Salmonidae. It is the only species of the genus ''Thymallus'' (the graylings) native to Europe, where it is widespread from the Unit ...

'' — grayling *'' Tinca tinca'' — tench *''

Torpedo torpedo The common torpedo (''Torpedo torpedo''), also known as ocellate torpedo or eyed electric ray, is a species of electric ray in the family Torpedinidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay ...

'' — common torpedo *'' Trachurus trachurus'' — Atlantic horse mackerel *'' Trachycorystes trachycorystes'' — black catfish *''

Tropheops tropheops ''Tropheops tropheops'' is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi preferring areas with rocky substrates. This species can reach a length of TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade. References External links Photograph trop ...

'' — golden tropheops *''

Vimba vimba ''Vimba vimba'', called also the vimba bream, vimba, zanthe, or zarte, is a European fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It largely lives in the sea but makes an annual migration up-river each year to breed. Description The vimba bream was at ...

'' — vimba bream *'' Zebrus zebrus'' — zebra goby *'' Zingel zingel'' — zingel *''

Zungaro zungaro The gilded catfish or ''jau'' (''Zungaro zungaro'') is a South American catfish (order (biology), order Siluriformes) of the family (biology), family Pimelodidae. It is also known as ''manguruyu'' or black manguruyu. Taxonomy By some sources, it ...

'' — gilded catfish

Arthropods

*'' Anthrax anthrax'' — a bee fly *'' Appia appia'' — appia skipper *'' Ariadne ariadne'' — angled castor (a

brush-footed butterfly The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

) *'' Arita arita'' — arita skipper *''

Aroma aroma An odor (American English) or odour (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is caused by one or more volatilized chemical compounds that are generally found in low concentrations that humans and animals can perceive via their sense ...

'' — aroma skipper *'' Aspitha aspitha'' — aspitha firetip (a skipper) *''

Astacus astacus ''Astacus astacus'', the European crayfish, noble crayfish, or broad-fingered crayfish, is the most common species of crayfish in Europe, and a traditional food source. Like other true crayfish, ''A. astacus'' is restricted to fresh water, liv ...

'' — European crayfish *'' Avicularia avicularia'' — pinktoe tarantula *'' Balanus balanus'' — a barnacle *'' Bruna bruna'' — a skipper *'' Bucayana bucayana'' — a cranaid harvestman *'' Calappa calappa'' — smooth box crab *'' Caleta caleta'' — angled Pierrot (a gossamer-winged butterfly) *'' Cephise cephise'' — a skipper *'' Corticea corticea'' — redundant skipper *'' Cossus cossus'' — goat moth *''

Crangon crangon ''Crangon crangon'' is a species of caridean shrimp found across the northeastern Atlantic Ocean from the White Sea in the north of Russia to the coast of Morocco, including the Baltic Sea, as well as occurring throughout the Mediterranean and Bl ...

'' — brown shrimp *'' Cressida cressida'' — big greasy or clearwing swallowtail butterfly *'' Cumbre cumbre'' — a skipper *'' Cynea cynea'' — cynea skipper *'' Danis danis'' — large green-banded blue (a gossamer-winged butterfly) *'' Decinea decinea'' — decinea or Huastecan skipper *'' Ebusus ebusus'' — ebusus skipper *'' Furcula furcula'' — sallow kitten (a notodontid moth) *'' Gesta gesta'' — impostor duskywing (a skipper) *''

Grapsus grapsus ''Grapsus grapsus'' is one of the most common crabs along the western coast of the Americas. It is known as the red rock crab, or, along with crabs such as '' Percnon gibbesi'', as the Sally Lightfoot crab. Distribution ''Grapsus grapsus'' is f ...

'' — red rock crab *''

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa ''Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa'', commonly known as the European mole cricket, is widespread in Europe and has been introduced to the eastern United States. The scientific name is derived from the Latin 'gryllus' meaning a cricket and 'talpa', a mole ...

'' — European mole cricket *'' Idea idea'' — Linnaeus's idea (a

) *'' Joanna joanna'' — Joanna's skipper *''

Lamponia lamponia ''Lamponia'' is a genus of skipper (butterfly), skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Species Recognised species in the genus ''Lamponia'' include: * ''Lamponia lamponia'' (Hewitson, 1876) * ''Lamponia ploetzii'' (Capronnier, 1874) References N ...

'' — a skipper *''

Lento lento Lento may refer to: * ''Lento'' (skipper), a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae * Lento, Haute-Corse, a French commune located on the island of Corsica * Lento speech, a relatively slow manner of speaking Music * Lento (band), an Itali ...

'' — a skipper *'' Levina levina'' — a skipper *'' Librita librita'' — librita skipper *'' Ludens ludens'' — ludens skipper *'' Mashuna mashuna'' — Mashuna ringlet (a

) *'' Megacephala megacephala'' — big-headed tiger beetle *'' Melolontha melolontha'' — common cockchafer *'' Menander menander'' — menander metalmark *'' Meza meza'' — common missile (a skipper) *'' Misius misius'' — misius skipper *'' Moeros moeros'' — a skipper *'' Molla molla'' — a skipper *'' Narcosius narcosius'' — a skipper *'' Neita neita'' — Neita brown (a

) *'' Nyctelius nyctelius'' — violet-banded or nyctelius skipper *'' Orthos orthos'' — orthos skipper *'' Pamba pamba'' — a skipper *'' Passova passova'' — passova firetip (a skipper) *'' Pilosa pilosa'' — a zalmoxid harvestman *'' Plumbago plumbago'' — a skipper *''

Pollicipes pollicipes ''Pollicipes pollicipes'', known as the goose neck barnacle, goose barnacle or leaf barnacle is a species of goose barnacle, also well known under the taxonomic synonym ''Pollicipes cornucopia''. It is closely related to '' Pollicipes polymerus'' ...

'' — a

goose barnacle Goose barnacles, also called stalked barnacles or gooseneck barnacles, are filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean intertidal zone. Goose barnacles formerly made up the taxonomic order P ...

*'' Polyctor polyctor'' — polyctor tufted- skipper *'' Pompeius pompeius'' — pompeius skipper *'' Propertius propertius'' — propertius skipper *'' Protesilaus protesilaus'' — great kite-swallowtail *'' Punta punta'' — a skipper *'' Racta racta'' — racta skipper *''

Ranina ranina ''Ranina ranina'', also known as the Huỳnh Đế crab, (red) frog crab or spanner crab, is a species of crab found throughout tropical and subtropical habitats. It is often fished for its meat, and is the only known species in its genus. De ...

'' — red frog crab *'' Repens repens'' — a skipper *'' Ridens ridens'' — frosted skipper *'' Sacrator sacrator'' — a skipper *'' Salatis salatis'' — variable scarlet-eye (a skipper) *'' Saturnus saturnus'' — a skipper *'' Scalpellum scalpellum'' — a

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Scolytus scolytus ''Scolytus scolytus'', the larger European elm bark beetle or large elm bark beetle, is a 3.5–6 mm long bark beetle species. [] [] It is of significant importance in Eurasia as a Vector (epidemiology), vector of Dutch elm disease. Descr ...

'' — large elm bark beetle *''Sodreana sodreana'' — a [ gonyleptid harvestman *'' Speculum speculum'' — hidden mirror skipper *'' Sucova sucova'' — sucova skipper *'' Tosta tosta'' — a skipper *'' Tromba tromba'' — a skipper *'' Turmada turmada'' — a skipper *'' Vermileo vermileo'' — a wormlion *'' Vidius vidius'' — a skipper *'' Xanthostigma xanthostigma'' — a

snakefly Snakeflies are a group of predatory insects comprising the order Raphidioptera with two extant families: Raphidiidae and Inocelliidae, consisting of roughly 260 species. In the past, the group had a much wider distribution than it does now; s ...

*'' Zera zera'' — zera skipper *'' Zingha zingha'' — a

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Zoma zoma ''Zoma zoma'' is a species of ray spider (family Theridiosomatidae) that is endemic to Silhouette Island of Seychelles. It was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 1996. To date Zoma only contains its type species Zoma Zom ...

'' — a ray spider *'' Zonia zonia'' — zonia skipper *'' Zygoneura zygoneura'' — a dark-winged fungus gnat

Molluscs

*'' Achatina achatina'' — African giant snail, giant tiger land snail *'' Agagus agagus'' *''

Arcinella arcinella ''Arcinella arcinella'', or the Caribbean spiny jewel box clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae.Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. ''A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies.'' New York: Houghton Miffl ...

'' — Caribbean spiny jewel box *'' Belonimorphis belonimorphis'' *'' Columella columella'' *''

Concholepas concholepas ''Concholepas concholepas'', the Chilean abalone, is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk. Despite the superficial resemblance, ''C. concholepas'' is not a true abalone (a species in the family Haliotidae), but a memb ...

'' — loco or Chilean abalone *'' Cymbium cymbium'' — false elephant's snout volute *'' Dolabrifera dolabrifera'' *''

Ensis ensis ''Ensis ensis'', or the sword razor, is a razor clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pharidae. It lives buried in the sand and is found off the coasts of northwest Europe. Description The two valves that make up the shell of ''Ensis ...

'' — razor clam *'' Extra extra'' *'' Ficus ficus'' — paper fig shell *'' Fragum fragum'' — white strawberry cockle *''

Gemma gemma The amethyst gem clam (''Gemma gemma'') is species of very small saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. It is a small species, reaching a length of only 5 mm. The shell color is whitish or grayi ...

'' — amethyst gem clam *'' Gibberulus gibberulus'' — humpbacked conch *'' Glycymeris glycymeris'' — dog cockle *'' Harpa harpa'' — true harp *''

Haustellum haustellum ''Haustellum haustellum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. It is the type species of the genus ''Haustellum'' Schumacher, 1817. Description Distribution ''Hau ...

'' *'' Hippopus hippopus'' — bear paw clam or horse's hoof clam *''

Janthina janthina ''Janthina janthina'' is a species of holoplanktonic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae. Its common names include violet sea-snail, common violet snail, large violet snail and purple storm snail. Distribution This ...

'' — violet snail *'' Koilofera koilofera'' *'' Lambis lambis'' — a spider conch *'' Lima lima'' — spiny fileclam *'' Lithophaga lithophaga'' — date mussel *'' Lutraria lutraria'' — otter shell *''

Margaritifera margaritifera The freshwater pearl mussel (''Margaritifera margaritifera'') is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Margaritiferidae. Although the name "freshwater pearl mussel" is often used for this species, ...

'' — freshwater pearl mussel *'' Melo melo'' — Indian volute or melon shell *'' Melongena melongena'' - Caribbean crown conch *''

Mercenaria mercenaria The hard clam (''Mercenaria mercenaria''), also known as the round clam, hard-shell (or hard-shelled) clam, or the quahog, is an edible marine bivalve mollusk that is native to the eastern shores of North America and Central America from Prince E ...

'' — northern quahog, hard clam *'' Meretrix meretrix'' *'' Mitra mitra'' — Episcopal miter shell *''

Modiolus modiolus ''Modiolus modiolus'', common name northern horsemussel (Scottish Gaelic: , Scots: ), is a species of marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae. Description ''Modiolus modiolus'' is a large mussel growing to 22 cm (9ins) long though ...

'' — northern horse mussel *'' Modulus modulus'' *'' Ogasawarana ogasawarana'' *'' Oliva oliva'' — olive shell *'' Perna perna'' — brown mussel *''

Planorbis planorbis ''Planorbis planorbis'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.Neubauer, Thomas A. (2014). ''Planorbis'' (''Planorbis'') ''planorbis'' (Linnaeus, 1758). Acc ...

'' *'' Quadrula quadrula'' — mapleleaf mussel *'' Rapa rapa'' — bubble turnip *''

Spirula spirula ''Spirula spirula'' is a species of deep-water squid-like cephalopod mollusk. It is the only extant member of the genus ''Spirula'', the family Spirulidae, and the order Spirulida. Because of the shape of its internal shell, it is commonly kn ...

'' — ram's horn squid *'' Staphylaea staphylaea'' — stippled cowry *'' Telescopium telescopium'' — telescope snail *'' Terebellum terebellum'' — terebellum conch *'' Tergipes tergipes'' *'' Tricornis tricornis'' — three-cornered conch *'' Umbraculum umbraculum'' — umbrella slug *'' Velutina velutina'' — velvet shell *'' Villosa villosa'' — a freshwater mussel *''

Viviparus viviparus ''Viviparus viviparus'' is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails. This species is a viviparous ( ovoviviparous) snail. Description The heig ...

'' — a European freshwater snail *''

Volva volva ''Volva volva'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae Ovulidae, common names the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries, is a family of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod ...

'' — shuttlecock volva

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Aaptos aaptos ''Aaptos aaptos'' is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. This particular species is known to contain adrenoreceptor-blocking compounds. While it is highly toxic to fish, it is known to be preyed upon by the hawksbill tu ...

'' — a sponge *'' Acanthogyrus acanthogyrus'' — a parasitic worm in the family Quadrigyridae *''

Cephea cephea ''Cephea cephea'', also known as the crown jellyfish, or cauliflower jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish in the family Cepheidae. It occurs in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific to Northern Australia. The species was first described ...

'' — a jellyfish *''

Chaos chaos Chaos Chaos are an American indie synthpop band based in Brooklyn, New York. The band was formed in Seattle under the name Smoosh in 2000 and adopted their current name in 2012. The band consists of two sisters, who founded the band as child ...

'' — an amoeba *'' Cidaris cidaris'' — a sea urchin *'' Convoluta convoluta'' — a flatworm *'' Echiurus echiurus'' — a spoon worm *'' Heterophyes heterophyes'' — an intestinal fluke *''

Loa loa ''Loa loa'' is a filarial (arthropod-borne) nematode (roundworm) that causes ''Loa loa'' filariasis. ''Loa loa'' actually means "worm worm", but is commonly known as the "eye worm", as it localizes to the conjunctiva of the eye. ''Loa loa'' is ...

'' — a nematode *'' Mediocris mediocris'' — a foraminiferan *''

Moniliformis moniliformis ''Moniliformis moniliformis'' is a parasite of the Acanthocephala phylum in the family Moniliformidae. The adult worms are usually found in intestines of rodents or carnivores such as cats and dogs. The species can also infest humans, though th ...

'' — an acanthocephalan worm *'' Periphylla periphylla'' — a jellyfish *'' Porites porites'' — a coral *''

Porpita porpita ''Porpita porpita'', or blue button, is a marine organism consisting of a colony of hydroids found in the warmer, tropical and sub-tropical waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Arabian ...

'' — a siphonophore *''

Spirorbis spirorbis ''Spirorbis spirorbis'' is a small (3–4 mm) coiled polychaete that lives attached to seaweeds and eel grass in shallow saltwater. They have a smooth, white, sinistral (left-handed) coiled shell encasing an orange body about 3 mm in l ...

'' — an annelid *'' Thalassema thalassema'' — a spoon worm *''

Tubifex tubifex ''Tubifex tubifex,'' also called the sludge worm, "Boogie Worm", or sewage worm, is a species of tubificid segmented worm which inhabits the sediments of lakes and rivers on several continents. ''Tubifex'' probably includes several species, bu ...

'' — sludge worm *'' Turgida turgida'' — a nematode *''

Velella velella ''Velella'' is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is ''Velella velella'', a cosmopolitan free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the surface of the open ocean. It is commonly known by the names sea r ...

'' — by-the-wind-sailor *'' Yukonensis yukonensis'' — an

archaeocyatha Archaeocyatha (or archaeocyathids 'ancient cups') is a taxon of extinct, sessile, reef-building marine sponges that lived in warm tropical and subtropical waters during the Cambrian Period. It is believed that the centre of the Archaeocyatha or ...

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Cajanus cajan The pigeon pea (''Cajanus cajan'') is a perennial legume from the family Fabaceae native to the Old World. The pigeon pea is widely cultivated in tropical and semitropical regions around the world, being commonly consumed in South Asia, Southe ...

'' — pigeon pea *''

Cuminum cyminum Cumin ( or , or Article title
) (''Cuminum cyminum'') is a

Ziziphus zizyphus Jujube (), sometimes jujuba, known by the scientific name ''Ziziphus jujuba'' and also called red date, Chinese date, and Chinese jujube, is a species in the genus '' Ziziphus'' in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. Description It is a smal ...

'' — jujube (note that the currently accepted name is ''Ziziphus jujuba'') *''

Salacca zalacca Salak (''Salacca zalacca'') is a species of palm tree (family Arecaceae) native to Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. It is cultivated in other regions of Indonesia as a food crop, and reportedly naturalized in Bali, Lombok, Timor, Maluku, and Sul ...

'' — salak *'' Silaum silaus'' – pepper saxifrage *'' Zinnia zinnioides'' — Zinnia-like Zinnia