Capra aegagrus hircus

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Bovidae – domestic goat, formerly and sometimes Capra hircus.


Felis

A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – small cats.

Felis silvestris catus

(genus): Felis silvestris (wild cat) - type species; Felis catus (domestic cat), Felis chaus (jungle cat), Felis margarita (sand cat), Felis nigripes (black-footed cat) - species

Felis aurata

syn. of Profelis aurata, African golden cat

Felis bengalis

syn. of Prionailurus bengalensis, leopard cat

Felis geoffroyi

syn. of Leopardus geoffroyi, Geoffroy's cat

Felis iriomotensis

syn. of Prionailurus iriomotensis, Iriomote cat

Felis jacobita

syn. of Leopardus jacobita, Andean mountain cat

Felis planiceps

syn. of Prionailurus planiceps, flat-headed cat

Felis temminckii

syn. of Catopuma temminckii, Asiatic golden cat

Felis tigrinus

syn. of Leopardus tigrinus, little spotted cat

Felis viverrinus

syn. of Prionailurus viverrinus, fishing cat


Felis domestica

Latin feles (“cat”) + domesticus (“which lives in house”), used by Fischer (1829).

Felis silvestris catus
Felis silvestris catus

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – an invalid taxonomic name for the domestic cat. Felis silvestris catus.

Felis silvestris catus Ragni and Randi 1986


Felis bieti

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – Chinese desert cat.


Felis caracal

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – former taxonomic name of caracal, now Caracal caracal.


Felis chaus

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – jungle cat.


Felis nigripes

Latin feles (“cat”) + niger (“black”) + pes (“foot”)

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the black-footed cat.


Felis pardalis

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the ocelot, now Leopardus pardalis.


Felis silvestris

New Latin, from Latin feles (“cat”) + silvestris (“woodland”)

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – wildcats and domestic cats.


Felis wiedii

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the margay, now designated Leopardus wiedii.


Pongo pygmaeus

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – the Bornean orangutan.


Felidae

A taxonomic family within the order Carnivora – cats: tigers, lions, jaguars, leopards, cheetahs, etc.


Felis silvestris catus

New Latin, from Latin feles (“cat”) + silvestris (“woodland”) + catus (“cat”)

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Felidae – domestic cat.


Felis silvestris libyca

New Latin, from Latin feles (“cat”) + silvestris (“woodland”) + libyca (“Libyan”)

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Felidae – the African wildcat; the assumed ancestor of the domesticated cat, Felis silvestris.


Felis pardina

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the Iberian lynx, now Lynx pardinus.


Felis lynx

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the lynx, now Lynx lynx.


Felis margarita

Latin feles (“cat”) + margarita (“pearl”)

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the sand cat.


Felis rufus

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the bobcat, now Lynx rufus.


Felis aurata

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – African golden cat.


Felis viverrinus

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – fishing cat, now Prionailurus viverrinus.


Felis marmorata

Pardofelis marmorata
Pardofelis marmorata

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the marbled cat, now Pardofelis marmorata.


Felis planiceps

Latin felis (“cat”) + planus (“flat”) + ceps (“head”).

Prionailurus planiceps
Prionailurus planiceps

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the flat-headed cat, now Prionailurus planiceps.


Leopardus jacobitus

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – Andean cat.


Leopardus guigna

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the kodkod.


Leopardus geoffroyi

Latin leopardus (“leopard”) + Geoffroy ("Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, french naturalist")

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – Geoffroy's cat.


Panthera tigris

From Panthera (“leopard”) + Latin tigris (“tiger”).

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – tiger.


Panthera tigris sumatrae

New Latin, from Latin panthera (“leopard”) + tigris (“tiger”) + Sumatra

(obsolete) A taxonomic subspecies within the family Felidae – the Sumatran tiger.


Panthera tigris altaica

New Latin, from Latin panthera (“leopard”) + tigris (“tiger”) + altaica

(obsolete) A taxonomic subspecies within the family Felidae – the Siberian tiger.


Felis yagouaroundi

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the jaguarundi, now Puma yagouaroundi.


Felis concolor

Felis + Latin concolor (“of uniform colour”).

Puma concolor
Puma concolor#Translingual


Panthera pardus

From Latin panthera (“leopard”) + pardus (“panther”).

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – leopard (or as black form, black panther).


Neofelis nebulosa

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the clouded leopard.


Panthera onca

From Latin panthera (“leopard”) + Portuguese onça (“jaguar”).

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – jaguar, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas.


Panthera leo

Latin panthera (“leopard”) + leo (“lion”).

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – lion, of Africa and India.

†Panthera leo atrox

species): Panthera leo azandica, Panthera leo bleyenberghi, Panthera leo hollisteri, Panthera leo kamptzi, Panthera leo krugeri, Panthera leo leo (Barbary lion), Panthera leo maculatus, Panthera leo nubica, Panthera leo persica, Panthera leo senegalensis, Panthera leo verneyi, Panthera leo nyanzae, Panthera leo roosevelti, Panthera leo somaliensis, (subspecies


Panthera

Learned borrowing from Latin panthēra, from Ancient Greek πάνθηρ (pánthēr, “panther”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – various big cats.


Homo sapiens

Homines sapientes (plural)
Homo sapiens (sometimes)

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→ English: Homo sapien, sapien, sapiens, Homo insipiens

होमो सैपियन्स

→ Hindi: होमो सैपियन्स (homo saipiyans)

[ˈhɔmoː ˈs̠äpiẽːs̠]

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ
Proto-Italic *hemō
Latin hemō
Latin homōlbor.
Translingual Homo
Proto-Indo-European *sep-
Proto-Italic *sapiō
Latin sapiō
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Latin -ns
Latin -ēns
Latin sapiēns
Translingual Homo sapiens
From Latin homō (“human being”) + sapiēns (“wise, sensible, judicious”).

etymon

A productive unit can be a man, a more or less wide and/or permanent social group, a whole culture; the widest productive unit one can think of is mankind as the totality hominum sapientium.

1974, Ferruccio Rossi-Landi, “Linguistics and Economics”, in Current Trends in Linguistics, volume XII (in English), part eight, “Linguistics and Adjacent Arts and Sciences”, The Hague: Mouton & Co., section “The homology between linguistic production and material production”, subsection “After utensils and sentences”, subsubsection “Tenth level: Global production”, page 1888:

Inter species Novae-Caledoniae singularis ob folia parva, chartacea, marginibus valde recurvis (et in sicco et in vivo), ita ut folium quodque pustulam ruptam in calce Hominis sapientis referat.

1992, Bulletin du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (in Latin), page 197:

Unique among New Caledonian species in its small chartaceous leaves with strongly recurved margins (both in the living plant and in dried specimens) so that each leaf looks like a burst blister on the heel of Homo sapiens.

One may only suppose that the roots of the “thinking” man go back to the anthropoids from Oligocene, while apes and homonidae were only lateral shells of the anthropogenesis. The same refers to the subspecies of homonidae, which were also lateral shells, replaced by hominis sapientis.

2007, Bronisław Bombała, “In Search of the Sources of Humanity”, in Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, editor, Phenomenology of Life from the Animal Soul to the Human Mind (Analecta Husserliana: The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research; XCIII) (in English), book I, “In Search of Experience”, supersection “Sources of Humanity”, Springer, →ISBN, section “In Search of the Starting Point of the Anthropogenesis”, page 110:

Nothingness and eternity can be and indeed are obsessively attempted to be imagined – postulated and/or presumed to exist; they can’t however be visualized. Both stay tenaciously beyond the reach of their sensual equipment as much as remaining in-excisable and un-eliminable from the homini sapienti ruminations.

2017, Zygmunt Bauman, “Afterword: From official to “do it yourself” fear”, in State of Fear in a Liquid World (in English), Routledge, →ISBN, page 107:

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – human.

†Homo sapiens idaltu

species): Homo sapiens sapiens (modern human) (subspecies

호모 사피엔스

In other scripts; Korean (Korean script)


Homo sapiens sapiens

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Homo sapiens sapiens m (plural Homines sapientes sapientes)

New Latin, from Latin homo (“man”) + sapiens (“wise”)

Míra rozumnosti hominis sapientis sapientis se za posledních patnáct - dvacet tisíc let nezvýšila zřejmě ani o chlup, jen úroveň konceptualizace je vyšší, o něco preciznější, úměrně bohatému rozšíření našich technických znalostí a vědeckých vědomostí.

1993, Egon Bondy, Filosofické eseje: Juliiny otázky. “Doslov.” (in Czech), DharmaGaia, →ISBN, page 53:

Loin de là, nombre d’homines sapientes sapientes cultivés, mais non versés, par exemple, dans les mathématiques, ne sont pas en mesure d’énoncer de façon rigoureuse les propriétés fondamentales du nombre π (bien que sachant, pertinemment, que ce nombre π a joué un rôle capital dans notre patrimoine culturel, tout au long des siècles).[…]Pourtant, si l’on songe aux humanistes d’antan, la plupart des héritiers du XXᵉ siècle de la Petite Lucie, des ERASMUS, des PASCAL, des D’ALEMBERT, des DIDEROT... considérés comme des homines sapientes sapientes cultivés semblent se contener d’un horizon culturel bien étroit au regard de certains de leurs ancêtres.[…]Ne doit-on pas glorifier des Homines sapientes sapientes emblématiques géniaux capables d’apporter des contributions dans des domaines divers ?

1995, Etudes de linguistique appliquée (in French), pages 21, 27, 28:

Far from it, many cultivated Homo sapiens sapiens, but not versed in, for example, mathematics, aren't able to state in a rigorous fashion the fundamental properties of the number π (although knowing, pertinently, that this number π has played a major role in our cultural heritage throughout the centuries). […] However, if we think about the humanists of yesteryear , most of the 20th century inheritors of Little Lucy, Erasmuses, Pascals, D'Alemberts, Diderots... considered as cultured homo sapiens sapiens, seem to content themselves with a very narrow cultural horizon compared to some of their ancestors. […] Should we not glorify the brilliant emblematic homo sapiens sapiens capable of making contributions in diverse fields?

Was ist der Anfang? - In principio sunt cerebra hominum sapientium sapientium. Die Gehirne existieren und sie können untereinander vernetzt werden.

2008, Thomas Stehl, Kenntnis und Wandel der Sprachen: Beiträge zur Potsdamer Ehrenpromotion für Helmut Lüdtke (in German), →ISBN, page 1:

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Hominidae – modern humans.


Homininae

From Homo + -inae, using the stem homin-; see homo.

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Hominidae – humans and close relatives.


Hominidae

From Homo + -idae (using homin-, stem for inflections of homo (“human”)).

A taxonomic family within the order Primates – great apes: chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, bonobos, humans, and extinct relatives.

†Dryopithecinae

family): Homininae, Ponginae (subfamilies


Hominoidea

From Homo + -oidea (using the stem homin-).

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Primates – great apes, etc.

†Kenyapithecinae

superfamily): Hominidae (orangutan, gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo, human), Hylobatidae (gibbon) (families


Catarrhini

New Latin, from Ancient Greek καταρρινα (katarrhina, “hook-nosed”), from καταρρέω (katarrhéō, “down-flowing”) + ῥινες (rhines, “nostrils”).

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A taxonomic parvorder within the order Primates – apes and Old World monkeys.

†Dendropithecoidea

parvorder): Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkey), Hominoidea (ape) (superfamilies


Simiiformes

From Latin simia (“ape, monkey”) + forma (“form, shape”).

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Primates – simians.


Haplorhini

From Ancient Greek ἁπλός (haplós, “simple”) + ῥινός (rhinós, “nose”), referring to the lack of a rhinarium (a wet nose, which is found in many mammals, including strepsirrhine primates).

A taxonomic suborder within the order Primates – tarsiers, monkeys, and apes.


Felinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Felidae – most cats.

Leopardus

syns. Oncifelis, Oreailurus; small cats of South America


Pinnipedia

New Latin, from Latin pinna (“fin”) + pes (“foot”) + -ia

A taxonomic parvorder within the order Carnivora – aquatic mammals, including walruses, fur seals and sea lions, and seals.


Homo erectus

†Homo erectus (canonical masculine)
Homines erecti (plural)

From Latin homo (“man”) + erectus (“erect, high”).

So, men not unlike Homines sapientes were living in Europe at least while Homines erecti (Pithecanthropoids) flourished not only in Africa and Asia but also very possibly in Europe.

1971, Alan Houghton Brodrick, Man and His Ancestors (in English), Radius Book/Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 18:

Quelques individus parmi les Homines erecti dotés d’un cortex cérébral plus volumineux ont développé leur intelligence à la faveur d’une grande glaciation.

2007, Jean-Jacques Dubois, Comprendre le malheur (in French), Louise Courteau, →ISBN:

Some individuals among the Homo erectus endowed with a more voluminous cerebral cortex developed their intelligence thanks to a great glaciation.

Die Hominiden konnten mit der anlaufenden Enkulturation einen Fitneßvorteil über ihre anthropoiden Vorfahren verbinden, die Homines sapientes mit der vollständigen Entwicklung der Sprache über die Homines erecti.

2017, Günter Dux, Historisch-genetische Theorie der Kultur (in German), Springer VS, →ISBN, page 257:

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – "upright man" (extinct).


Homo ergaster

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – "working man" (extinct).


Homo floresiensis

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – extinct recent species of man, of short stature.


Homo habilis

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – extinct species of human, sometimes classified as Australopithecus habilis or Homo rudolfensis.


Homo heidelbergensis

Homo + Latin Heidelbergēnsis, after the German city Heidelberg near which a mandibule of that species was discovered.

Homo neanderthalensis
Homo neanderthalensis#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the family Homo – Heidelberg man, thought to be ancestral to Homo neanderthalensis, the Denisovans, and Homo sapiens, and descended from early Homo erectus.


Homo neanderthalensis

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Homo neanderthalensis m (plural Homines neanderthalenses)

†Homo neanderthalensis (canonical masculine)
Homines neanderthalenses (plural)

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – Neanderthal (extinct).


Homo rudolfensis

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae.


Neofelis

From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) + Latin feles (“cat”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – the clouded leopards.


Ponginae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Hominidae – orangutans and extinct relatives.


Pan paniscus

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – bonobo.


Pan troglodytes

The present name was given by Lorenz Oken in 1816 after reassigning the species to the genus Pan from Simia troglodytes, where it had been placed by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in 1776. The use of the specific epithet troglodytes (“cave-dwelling”) was taken from the species Homo troglodytes, which was coined by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 and did not refer to the chimpanzee, which does not live in caves.

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – common chimpanzee.

Carl Linnaeus
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Lorenz Oken


Proboscidea

Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “in front”) + βόσκω (bóskō, “to feed”). See proboscis.

Proboscidea lutea

yellow unicorn plant, syn. of Ibicella lutea

(Proboscidea f) A taxonomic genus within the family Martyniaceae – certain New World flowering plants.

Proboscidea althaeifolia

devil's horn, devil's claw, desert unicorn plant


Delphinus

From Latin delphīnus (“dolphin”), from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís, “dolphin”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – common dolphins.


Eira

From Spanish eirá, connected to Guaraní eíra (“honey”), a food the animal is fond of, whence also Portuguese papa-mel, another vernacular name.)

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – tayras, of tropical and subtropical forests of Central and South America.


Equus

A taxonomic genus within the family Equidae – horses, zebras, donkeys, and onagers.

Equus alaskae

genus): Equus asinus, Equus burchelli (obsolete), Equus caballus, Equus ferus, Equus grevyi (Grévy's zebra), Equus hemionus (Asiatic wild ass), Equus kiang (Tibetan wild ass), Equus mulus (archaic), Equus quagga, Equus zebra (mountain zebra) (extant species


Gorilla

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – gorillas, the largest of the great apes.


Homo

Good God. Just knowing we're in the same genus makes me embarrassed to call myself Homo.

2008, Futurama: Bender's Game (in English):

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – various species of man, all but one of which is extinct.


Lemur

From Latin lemurēs (“spirits of the dead”). The name was originally given to the slender loris (then Lemur tardigradus) in 1754 by Carl Linnaeus. According to Linnaeus, the name was selected because of the nocturnal activity and slow movements of the slender loris. In 1758, Linnaeus added—among others—the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) to the genus Lemur. All other species, including the slender loris, were eventually moved to other genera. In time, the word became the colloquial name for all primates endemic to Madagascar.

A taxonomic genus within the family Lemuridae – ring-tailed lemur.


Lepus

A taxonomic genus within the family Leporidae – hares and jackrabbits.

Lepus timidus

(genus): Lepus (Eulagos), Lepus (Indolagus), Lepus (Lepus), Lepus (Macrotolagus), Lepus (Poecilolagus), Lepus (Proeulagus), Lepus (Sabanalagus), Lepus (Sinolagus), Lepus (Tarimolagus) – subgenera


Martes

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – martens.

Martes caurina

or Martes americana caurina, Pacific marten


Monachus

A taxonomic genus within the family Phocidae – the monk seal.


Mus

A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – typical mice.

Mus musculus

(genus): Mus (Coelomys), Mus (Mus), Mus (Nannomys), Mus (Pyromys) – subgenera


Pan

1816, in Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte, by Lorenz Oken. From Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán).

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – chimpanzees and bonobos, native to central Africa.


Pongo

From New Latin, from Kongo mpongi, mpungu.

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – the orangutans.


Primates

From Latin plural of prīmās (“one of the first, chief, excellent, noble”).

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – primates.

Primaten

taxonomic order, within superorder Euarchontoglires - the primates

Aotidae

(order): Strepsirrhini (with wet nose), Haplorrhini (with dry noses) – suborders

Atelidae

family; spider monkey, howler monkey, woolly monkey, and muriqui

Cebidae

family; capuchin monkey and squirrel monkey

Hominidae

human, chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, and orangutan


Ursus

A taxonomic genus within the family Ursidae – bears.


Bison

From Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – bisons.


Leporidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lagomorpha – the rabbits and hares.


Lagomorpha

“Hare-shaped”, from Ancient Greek λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”) + -morpha

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – lagomorphs.


Eutheria

From Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “good, true”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).

A taxonomic infraclass within the class Mammalia – all mammals more closely related to placentals like rodents and humans than to marsupials.


Australopithecus

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Australopithecus m (plural Australopitheci)

†Australopithecus (canonical masculine)
Australopitheci (plural)

New Latin, from Latin austrālis (“southern”) + Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”), named by Australian anatomist Raymond Dart in 1925 in reference to the type specimen having been found in South Africa.

Likewise, Richard Leakey himself is of the opinion that all Australopitheci were not habitual upright walkers.

1979 October 24, W. Mehlert, “The Australopithecines and (Alleged) Early Man”, in Harold L. Armstrong, editor, Creation Research Society Quarterly, volume 17, number 1 (in English), Ann Arbor, Mich.: Creation Research Society, published 1980 June, page 24, column 1:

Do we have to see in this making of tools only a particular adaptation, analogous, for example, to birds making nests? Or are degrees of intelligence and significant consciousness already present in certain types of Australopitheci?

2000, Bernard Michollet, “Evolution and Anthropology. Human Beings as the ‘Image of God’”, in Bas van Iersel, Christoph Theobald, Hermann Häring, editors, Evolution and Faith (Concilium; 2000/1) (in English), London: SCM Press, →ISBN, section III (The Dialogue with Faith and Theology), page 81:

Australopithecus was probably already adapted for bipedal walking, but its brain was not much larger than a chimp’s, so there was still a lot of obstetric leeway. The pelvis was now a different shape, however, and we think that baby Australopitheci may have been born with their head ‘sideways’ relative to their mother’s body, with their nose pointing towards their mother’s left or right hip.

2015, David Bainbridge, “Where women’s bodies came from”, in Curvology: The Origins and Power of Female Body Shape (in English), London: Portobello Books, →ISBN, part I (The Body), page 19:

In afbeelding 2 staat een schatting van de lichaamslengte van deze twee twee Australopitheci.

2020, Marianen Gommers, Desirée Hagens, Arthur Jansen, Miranda Jansen, André van Leijen, Hans Rawee, Theo de Rouw, Biologie voor jou, edition 6.1 (in Dutch), Malmberg, →ISBN, page 217:

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – a group of extinct hominids related to humans – australopiths.


Pierolapithecus

From Spanish Pierola (a castle near where it was found) + Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – potentially the common ancestor of the great apes and humans.


Paranthropus

From Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-, “beside”) + ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”).

robust australopithecine
robust australopithecine

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – a group of extinct bipedal hominids, the robust australopithecines.


Cercopithecinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cercopithecidae – various baboons, vervets and macaques.


Cercopithecidae

A taxonomic family within the order Primates – Old World monkeys.

Cynomorpha

family): Cercopithecinae, Colobinae (subfamilies


Cercopithecoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Primates – the Old World monkeys, etc.


Macropus

From Ancient Greek μακρόπους (makrópous, “long-footed”), from μακρός (makrós, “long”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

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(taxonomy, obsolete) A generic name which has been variously used for certain fishes, birds, insects, and crustaceans. No longer in use, being antedated by the same name in mammalogy.


Marsupialia

New Latin, from Latin marsūpium, marsuppium (“pouch, purse”), from Ancient Greek μαρσύπιον (marsúpion) or μαρσύππιον (marsúppion), variants of μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “bag, pouch”), + -alia.

A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Theria – marsupials.


Perissodactyla

From Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós, “uneven”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger, toe”).

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – odd-toed ungulates.

†Anchilophidae

(order): Equidae (horse, zebra, and ass), Rhinocerotidae (rhinoceros), Tapiridae (tapir) – extant families

†Uintaceras – extinct genera incertae sedis


Glis

A taxonomic genus within the family Gliridae – the edible dormouse.


Colobinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cercopithecidae – the colobus monkeys, proboscis monkeys, the gray langurs, etc.


Platyrrhini

A taxonomic parvorder within the order Primates – New World monkeys.

Aotidae

family; night monkey, owl monkey and douroucouli

Atelidae

family; howler monkey, spider monkey and woolly monkey


Strepsirrhini

From Ancient Greek στρέψις (strépsis, “a turning [inward]”) + ῥινός (rhinós, “nose”), referring to the sinuous (comma-shaped) appearance of the nostrils on the rhinarium (wet nose).

Those primates with a philtrum and wet rhinarium have therefore been classified together as Strepsirrhini (Geoffroy, 1812) because of the structural similarity of these two characters in the nasal area. (Strepho means 'turned inward' in Greek and rhinos is Greek for 'nose.') In those primates whose snout is reduced in length and whose incisors are positioned close to each other, the rhinarium disappears. This is the case for tarsiers and anthropoids among primates, and therefore they were labeled together as Haplorhini (haplo means 'simple, single' in Greek).

2007, F. Ankel-Simons, Primate Anatomy (in English), →ISBN, pages 394–395:

A taxonomic suborder within the order Primates – the clade of primates other than the tarsiers and true simians.


Lorisiformes

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Primates – lorises, pottos and galagos.


Lorisidae

A taxonomic family within the order Primates – lorisids: lorises and pottos, of tropical, central Africa as well as in south and southeast Asia.


Perodictictinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Lorisidae – pottos.


Loris

From French loris, believed to be from Dutch loeris (“simpleton”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Lorisidae – slender lorises.


Galagidae

A taxonomic family within the order Primates – the galagos or bushbabies.


Lemuriformes

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Primates – the lemurs.


Cheirogaleoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Primates – dwarf lemurs and mouse lemurs.


Cheirogaleidae

From Cheirogaleus (“genus name”) + -idae.

A taxonomic family within the order Primates – dwarf lemurs and mouse lemurs.


Chiromyiformes

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Primates – the aye-ayes.


Daubentoniidae

A taxonomic family within the order Primates – the aye-ayes.


Daubentonia

From French Daubenton (“a surname”) + -ia; after 18th-century French naturalist Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton.

A taxonomic genus within the family Daubentoniidae – the aye-ayes, lemurs, of Madagascar.


Lemuroidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Primates – the lemurs.


Lemuridae

A taxonomic family within the order Primates – the lemurs.

Hapalemur

lesser lemur, gentle lemur, or bamboo lemur


Cebidae

A taxonomic family within the order Primates – the capuchins and squirrel monkeys.

Cebus

(family): Cebinae (capuchin), Saimiriinae (squirrel monkey) - subfamilies


Cebinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cebidae – the capuchin monkeys.


Saimiriinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cebidae – the squirrel monkeys.


Tarsiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Primates – the tarsiers.

Tarsius

until recently considered the only genus


Tarsius

A taxonomic genus within the family Tarsiidae – the tarsiers.


Sirenia

Named for the legendary siren, originating in Greek mythology.

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – sirenians.


Dugongidae

A taxonomic family within the order Sirenia – dugong.


Trichechidae

Trichechus + -idae; see Latin trichechus.

A taxonomic family within the order Sirenia – manatees.


Macraucheniidae

A taxonomic family within the order †Litopterna – certain extinct South American ungulates.


Mustelidae

A taxonomic family within the order Carnivora – otters, badgers, honey badgers, weasels, etc.

(family): Guloninae (marten, wolverine, tayra, fisher), Helictidinae, Ictonychinae (grison, striped polecat, etc.), Lutrinae (otter), Melinae (European badger), Mellivorinae (honey badger), Taxidiinae (American badger), Mustelinae (weasel) – subfamilies

small-clawed otter; sea otter; speckle-throated otter; river otter; river otter; smooth-coated otter; Patagonian weasel; honey badger; weasel; American mink; African striped weasel; giant otter; American badger; marbled polecat

Aonyx – Arctonyx – Eira – Enhydra – Galictis – Gulo – Hydrictis – Ictonyx(striped polecat, striped weasel) – Lontra – Lutra – Lutrogale – Lyncodon – Martes – Meles – Mellivora – Melogale – Mustela – Neovison – Pekania – Poecilogale – Pteronura – Taxidea – Vormela – extant genera


Ursidae

A taxonomic family within the order Carnivora – bears.


FIV

(virology, initialism) Feline immunodeficiency virus.


Bovinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Bovidae – bovines.


Macaca

New Latin, from Portuguese macaca, the feminine equivalent of macaco (“monkey”). Unknown ultimate origin, but thought to have been borrowed from an African language of the Congo region. See macaco for other possible etymologies.
Cognate with French macaque, English macaque and macaco, Spanish macaca/macaco, and Italian macaco.

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – macaques, Old World monkeys, principally Asian.


Papionini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Cercopithecidae – the macaques and related monkeys.


Cercopithecini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Cercopithecidae – the guenons and related monkeys.


Gulo

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – the wolverine.


Mustelinae

Mustela

genus; weasel, certain polecat, European mink, black-footed ferret, ermine

(sensu lato) A taxonomic subfamily within the family Mustelidae – wolverines, weasels, martens, etc.

(sensu stricto) A taxonomic subfamily within the family Mustelidae – weasels, polecats.


Vormela

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – marbled polecat.


Pithecanthropus

English: pithecanthropoid

From Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”) + Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man”) + Latin -us

"Do not be alarmed," said Dr. Maupuis' quiet voice. "It is the Pithecanthropus. He is harmless." Had it been a cat which had strayed into the room the scientist could not have discussed it more calmly.

1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

A former taxonomic genus in the family Hominidae, whose species are now assigned to the genus Homo. It was first used as the generic name for what is now called Homo erectus erectus (Java man).

Anthropopithecus

generic name first used for Homo erectus erectus


Anubis

From Latin Anūbis, from Ancient Greek Ἄνουβις (Ánoubis), from Egyptian jnpw, i-n:p-w-E16

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain longhorn beetles.


Ursus maritimus

Latin ursus (“bear”) + maritimus (“of the sea, maritime”).

A taxonomic species within the family Ursidae – polar bear, a species of bear native to the Arctic, the apex predator within its range.


Phocidae

A taxonomic family within the order Carnivora – true seals.


Mammut

From French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont, “mammoth”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Mammutidae – mastodons or mastodonts.


Orcinus

Latin Orcinus (“of the realms of the dead”), from Orcus + -inus

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – the orca.


Equus quagga

A taxonomic species within the family Equidae – plains zebra, common zebra.


Grampus

From English grampus, ultimately from Latin crassius (“fat”) + piscis (“fish”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – a type of gray dolphin, Risso's dolphin.


Delphinidae

A taxonomic family within the infraorder Cetacea – oceanic dolphins.


Mirounga

A taxonomic genus within the family Phocidae – elephant seals.


Cebus

From Ancient Greek κῆβος (kêbos, “a long-tailed monkey”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Cebidae – slender capuchin monkeys.


Mustela

From Latin mūstēla (“weasel”), probably from mūs (“mouse”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – weasels and close relatives.

Mustela africana

(genus): Mustela erminea (stoat, Beringian ermine, Eurasian ermine, short-tailed weasel) - type species; , Mustela aistoodonnivalis (missing-toothed pygmy weasel), Mustela altaica (mountain weasel), Mustela eversmannii (steppe polecat), Mustela furo (domestic ferret), Mustela haidarum (Haida ermine), Mustela itatsi (Japanese weasel), Mustela kathiah (yellow-bellied weasel), Mustela lutreola (European mink), Mustela lutreolina (Indonesian mountain weasel), Mustela macrodon, Mustela nigripes (black-footed ferret), Mustela nivalis (least weasel), Mustela nudipes (Malayan weasel), Mustela putorius (European polecat), Mustela rickardsonii (American ermine), Mustela sibirica (Siberian weasel), Mustela strigidorsa (back-striped weasel) - other currently accepted species


Pongo abelii

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – the Sumatran orangutan.


Neofelis diardi

After Pierre-Médard Diard (1794–1863), French naturalist and explorer.

Bornean clouded leopard
Bornean clouded leopard

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the Bornean clouded leopard.


Lepus europaeus

A taxonomic species within the family Leporidae – European hare.


Lepus capensis

A taxonomic species within the family Leporidae – Cape hare.


Papio

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – the baboons.


Xenosmilus

A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – extinct Machairodontinae, saber-toothed cats.


Mammuthus primigenius

A taxonomic species within the family Elephantidae – the woolly mammoth.


Mammuthus

From New Latin mammuthus, from French mammouth (see there for more).

A taxonomic genus within the family Elephantidae – mammoths.


Mammut americanum

A taxonomic species within the family Mammutidae – the extinct American mastodon.


Mammut borsoni

A taxonomic species within the family Mammutidae – the Borson's mastodon.


Mammutidae

A taxonomic family within the order Proboscidea – mastodons or mastodonts.


Ursus arctos

From Latin ursus (“bear”) + Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”).

A taxonomic species within the family Ursidae – brown bear.


Lutrinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Mustelidae – the otters.


Melinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Mustelidae – badgers.


Mellivorinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Mustelidae – ratel or honey badger.


Dugong dugon

A taxonomic species within the family Dugongidae – the dugong.


Wallabia

A taxonomic genus within the family Macropodidae – containing only the swamp wallaby.


Macroglossus minimus

A taxonomic species within the family Pteropodidae – a megabat (long-tongued nectar bat).


Lontra

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – river otters.


Mustela nivalis

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – least weasel, endemic to cooler parts of the northern hemisphere.


Lagothrix

A taxonomic genus within the family Atelidae – the woolly monkeys.


Atelidae

A taxonomic family within the order Primates – the howler monkeys, spider monkeys and woolly monkeys.


Galago

A taxonomic genus within the family Galagidae – the bushbabies or nagapies.


Kerberos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos, “Cerberus”). Doublet of Cerberus.

bor

A taxonomic genus within the family Hyainailouridae – certain extinct placental mammals.


An emoticon representing the face of a cat.


Prolemur simus

greater bamboo lemur
greater bamboo lemur

A taxonomic species within the family Lemuridae – greater bamboo lemur.


Prolemur

From Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”) + Lemur.

A taxonomic genus within the family Lemuridae.


Panthera leo melanochaita

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Felidae – Cape lion.


Panthera leo spelaea

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Felidae – the extinct cave lion.


Equus grevyi

A taxonomic species within the family Equidae – Grévy's zebra.


Equus ferus przewalskii

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Equidae – Przewalski's horse, possibly a feral domesticated horse.


Equus ferus

A taxonomic species within the family Equidae – wild horse, ancestral to the domesticated horse.


Homo sapiens idaltu

Homo sapiens + Afar idaltu (“elders, old men”)

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Hominidae – an extinct subspecies of human identified from fossils found in Ethiopia.


Sarcophaga

* (genus): New Latin, from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat, to devour”) + Latin -a (“-er”, nominal suffix).
* (suborder): Neuter plural of Latin sarcophagus (“flesh-devouring, carnivorous”), from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + -φάγος (-phágos, “-eating”).

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Sarcophagidae – flesh flies.


Bison bonasus

A taxonomic species within the family Bovidae – wisent or aurochs.


Bison bison

A taxonomic species within the family Bovidae – bison.


Glis glis

A taxonomic species within the family Gliridae – edible dormouse.


Panthera leo leo

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Felidae – Barbary lion.


Panthera tigris balica

(obsolete) A taxonomic subspecies within the family Felidae – the Bali tiger.


Pardofelis badia

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – bay cat, now Catopuma badis.


Pardofelis

From Latin pardus (“leopard”) + fēlis (“cat”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – three species of small long-tailed, short-headed cats with rounded ears, native to southeastern and eastern Asia, two of which are now assigned to genus Catopuma.


Pardofelis marmorata

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – marbled cat.


Prionailurus planiceps

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – flat-headed cat.


Prionailurus

From Ancient Greek πρίων (prī́ōn, "saw") + αἴλουρος (aílouros, "cat"), for species of the genus' saw-shaped canine teeth.

A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – small, spotted cats of southern and eastern Asia.


Prionailurus bengalensis

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – leopard cat.


Leopardus wiedii

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – margay.


Leopardus

A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – small spotted cats, chiefly of South America.


Panthera tigris sondaica

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Felidae – the Sunda Island tiger.


Stenella longirostris

A taxonomic species within the family Delphinidae – spinner dolphin.


Stenella

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – certain oceanic dolphins.


Cephalorhynchus

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae.


Feresa

pygmy killer whale
pygmy killer whale#English

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – the rare pygmy killer whale.


Globicephala

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – pilot whales.


Lagenodelphis

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – Fraser's dolphin.


Lagenorhynchus

From Ancient Greek λάγυνος (lágunos, “bottle, pitcher”) + Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”)

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – white-sided dolphins.


Lissodelphis

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – right whale dolphin.


Peponocephala

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – the electra dolphin or melon-headed whale.


Pseudorca

New Latin, from Latin pseudo- + Orca (obsolete genus)

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens).

†Pseudorca yokoyamai

genus): Pseudorca crassidens (sole extant species


Sotalia

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – dolphins of the Atlantic coast of South America.


Sousa

Unknown; one suggestion is that it is a reference to Ancient Greek Σοῦσα (Soûsa, “Susa”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – humpback dolphins.


Tursiops

From Latin tursiō (“a kind of dolphin”) (see also Tursio, syn. of Physeter) + -ops.

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – bottlenose dolphins.

Tursiops truncatus

common bottlenose dolphin, Atlantic bottlenose dolphin


Gorilla gorilla

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – western gorilla.


Gorilla beringei

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – eastern gorilla.


Macaca sylvanus

A taxonomic species within the family Cercopithecidae – Barbary macaque.


Pygathrix nemaeus

A taxonomic species within the family Cercopithecidae – red-shanked douc.


Pygathrix

From Ancient Greek πυγή (pugḗ, “buttocks”) and θρίξ (thríx, “hair”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – the doucs.


Chlorocebus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – several Old World monkeys, including the green monkey and vervet.


Hylobates agilis

A taxonomic species within the family Hylobatidae – agile gibbon.


Hylobates

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑλοβάτης (hulobátēs, “one who haunts the woods”) from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “woods, forest”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to wander, to stroll”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Hylobatidae – gibbons.


Hylobatidae

A taxonomic family within the order Primates – the gibbons.

†Bunopithecus

family): Hylobates, Hoolock, Nomascus, Symphalangus (genera


Hylobates pileatus

A taxonomic species within the family Hylobatidae – pileated gibbon.


Lepus californicus

black-tailed jackrabbit
black-tailed jackrabbit

A taxonomic species within the family Leporidae – black-tailed jackrabbit.


Gorilla gorilla gorilla

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Hominidae – the Western lowland gorilla.


Cynomorpha

(obsolete) An invalid taxonomic group within the family Cercopithecidae — a division of catarrhine monkeys, including the baboons and other lower monkeys, as distinguished from the anthropoid apes.


Panthera tigris virgata

New Latin, from Latin panthera (“leopard”) + tigris (“tiger”) + virgata (“striped”)

(obsolete) A taxonomic subspecies within the family Felidae – the Caspian tiger.


Macropodiformes

A taxonomic suborder within the order Diprotodontia – various marsupials including kangaroos.


Hominini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Hominidae – humans; or the chimpanzees and humans.


Hominina

From Homo + -ina, using the stem homin- (see homo).

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Hominidae – man and certain extinct relatives.


Tursiops truncatus

A taxonomic species within the family Delphinidae – common bottlenose dolphin, one of three identified species of bottlenose dolphins.


Macaca mulatta

A taxonomic species within the family Cercopithecidae – rhesus macaque, widespread in Asia.


Tarsius syrichta

A taxonomic species within the family Tarsiidae – the Philippine tarsier, now treated as Carlito syrichta, part of a different genus.


Carlito syrichta

A taxonomic species within the family Tarsiidae – the Philippine tarsier, formerly treated as Tarsius syrichta, part of another genus of Tarsiidae.


Carlito

A taxonomic genus within the family Tarsiidae – a genus of tarsiers recently split from Tarsius, consisting solely of the Philippine tarsier.


Oryctolagus

From Ancient Greek ὀρυκτός (oruktós, “dug up”) + -lagus from λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Leporidae – the European rabbit.


Oryctolagus cuniculus

A taxonomic species within the family Leporidae – the European rabbit.


Cercopithecus

From Ancient Greek κερκοπῐ́θηκος (kerkopĭ́thēkos, “longtailed ape”).

κερκοπῐ́θηκος

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – guenons.


Gulo gulo

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – wolverine.


Callithrix

From Latin callĭthrix, from Ancient Greek καλλίθριξ (kallíthrix).

A taxonomic genus within the family Callitrichidae – Atlantic marmosets, of the Atlantic Forest of southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, and far northern Argentina.


Callithrix jacchus

A taxonomic species within the family Callitrichidae – common marmoset or white-tufted-ear marmoset.


Sahelanthropus

From English Sahel + Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – an extinct hominid known only from a skull found in northern Chad.


Hapale vulgaris

Callithrix jacchus
Callithrix jacchus#Translingual


Papio anubis

A taxonomic species within the family Cercopithecidae – olive baboon or Anubis baboon native to east Africa, formerly in obsolete genus Anubis.


Hoolock

From English hoolock, a borrowing from Assamese হলৌ (holou) or a kindred Eastern Indo-Aryan language.

A taxonomic genus within the family Hylobatidae – hoolocks or langurs, large gibbons.


Sapajus

Borrowed from French sapajou. Coined by Scottish scientific writer and translator Robert Kerr in 1792.

coin

A taxonomic genus within the family Cebidae – certain capuchin monkeys, species of Cebus, some formerly subspecies of Cebus apella.


Orrorin

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – one species, the extinct hominin Orrorin tugenensis.


Praeanthropus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – certain extinct hominins.


Ateles

Ancient Greek ἀτελής (atelḗs, “incomplete, imperfect”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) and τέλος (télos, “end”)

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Atelidae – the spider monkeys.


Cheirogaleus

From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) and Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē, “weasel”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cheirogaleidae – dwarf lemurs.


Saimiri

A taxonomic genus within the family Cebidae – the squirrel monkeys.


Presbytis

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – surilis, langurs, and leaf monkeys of southeast Asia.


Semnopithecus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek σεμνός (semnós, “revered, august, holy”) + Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape, monkey”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – gray langurs.


Ursus thibetanus

A taxonomic species within the family Ursidae – the Asian black bear, native to an area centered in mountainous south central China.


Callicebus aureipalatii

Named as a result of an auction in 2005 for the naming of the new species of monkey. The online casino GoldenPalace.com won the auction, paying $650,000 for the privilege.

Plecturocebus aureipalatii
Wikispecies:Plecturocebus aureipalatii

A taxonomic species within the family Pitheciidae – a New World monkey, native to Bolivia; synonym of Plecturocebus aureipalatii.


Lophocebus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – crested mangabeys.


Cercocebus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – white-eyelid mangabey.


Rungwecebus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – single species Rungwecebus kipunji (kipunji).


Theropithecus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – a single extant species Theropithecus gelada (gelada).


Miopithecus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – talapoins.


Colobus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κολοβός (kolobós, “maimed”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – the black-and-white colobuses.


Nomascus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hylobatidae – some of the gibbons, all endangered or critically endangered.


Symphalangus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hylobatidae – siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus).


Bunopithecus

From Ancient Greek βουνός (bounós, “hill”) + πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Hylobatidae – a single extinct species Bunopithecus sericus.


Mustela putorius

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – European polecat.


Graecopithecini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Hominidae – single genus Graecopithecus and species, Graecopithecus freybergi, an extinct hominid identified from a fragment of a skull.


Gorillini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Hominidae – gorillas and extinct relatives.


Panina

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Hominidae – chimpanzees.


Neovison vison

Mustela vison
Mustela vison#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – the American mink, often Mustela vison.


Neovison

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – American mink and extinct sea mink.


Ctenodactylus

New Latin, from cteno- + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “toe”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ctenodactylidae – some of the gundis.


Echimys

From Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse, rat”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Echimyidae – the spiny tree-rats.

Echimys pictus

genus): Echimys chrysurus, Echimys saturnus, Echimys vierai (species

former species, now placed in genus Callistomys

Echimys rhipidurus

former species, now placed in genus Makalata

Echimys semivillosus

former species, now placed in genus Pattonomys

Echimys unicolor

former species, now placed in genus Phyllomys

Echimys grandis

former species, now placed in genus Toromys


Echimyidae

A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – the spiny rats.

Adelphomyinae

family): Capromyinae, Carterodontinae, Echimyinae, Euryzygomatomyinae (subfamilies


Phalangeridae

A taxonomic family within the order Diprodontia – the cuscuses, brushtail possums, etc.


Phalanger

From Ancient Greek φαλάγγιον (phalángion, “spider's web”), from φάλαγξ (phálanx, “spider”); see also phalanger.

A taxonomic genus within the family Phalangeridae – some of the possums, called cuscuses.

Phalanger alexandrae

(genus): Phalanger orientalis (northern common cuscus) - type species

Phalanger mimicus

southern common cuscus or Australian cuscus


Ursus americanus

A taxonomic species within the family Ursidae – American black bear.


Peromyscus leucopus

A taxonomic species within the family Cricetidae – white-footed mouse, or woodmouse.


Eira barbara

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – the tayra, a type of weasel native to the Americas, the sole species of the genus Eira.


Homo naledi

Wikispecies Homo naledi (canonical masculine)

Homo (“man”) + Sotho naledi (“star”). From being discovered in the Rising Star Cave of South Africa, which is located in a region where the indigenous people speak seSotho.

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – extinct species of human.


Cynomys

A taxonomic genus within the family Sciuridae – prairie dogs, rodents native to the grasslands of central North America.

Cynomys ludovicianus

(genus): Cynomys subg. Cynomys, Cynomys subg. Leucocrossuromys - subgenera


Homo gautengensis

†Homo gautengensis (canonical masculine)

Homo (“man”) + gautengensis, formed from Gauteng + -ēnsis.


Homo rhodesiensis

†Homo rhodesiensis (canonical masculine)

Homo (“man”) + New Latin rhodesiensis, formed from Rhodesia + -ēnsis.


Homo cepranensis

Homo (“man”) + cepranensis, formed in New Latin from Ceprano + -ēnsis.


Homo antecessor

Homo (“man”) + Latin antecessor (“predecessor, one who goes before”).

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – extinct species of human, likely descended from Homo erectus.


Ekembo

A taxonomic genus within the order Primates – extinct apes of the Miocene, 20-17 million years ago.


Simia

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Simiidae – monkeys and apes (all primates except humans and lemurs).


Hyaena hyaena

Reduplication of Hyaena, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

A taxonomic species within the family Hyaenidae – striped hyena.


Tremarctos ornatus

Tremarctos + Latin ornatus (“decorated”)

A taxonomic species within the family Ursidae – the spectacled bear.


Tremarctos

From Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”) + ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ursidae – genus with only one extant species: Tremarctos ornatus (spectacled bear).


Tremarctinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Ursidae – a subfamily with only one extant species: Tremarctos ornatus (spectacled bear).


Thylacoleonidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diprotodontia – marsupial lions, extinct for more than 10,000 years.


Urocyon

From Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – certain foxes.


Ursinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Ursidae – sole extant subfamily of Ursidae, consisting solely of genus Ursus (bears).


Meles meles

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – European badger.


Meles

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – badgers.


Mellivora capensis

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – honey badgers or ratels.


Physeter catodon

A taxonomic species within the family Physeteridae – the sperm whale.


Kembawacela

From Bemba kemba wa cela (“digger of iron”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cistecephalidae – a dicynodont therapsid from the Permian of Zambia.


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Peramelidae

A taxonomic family within the order Peramelemorphia – almost all marsupial bandicoots.

Echymipera

(family): Echymiperinae, Peramelinae, Peroryctinae - subfamilies


Kenyanthropus

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – now †Homo platyops; certain extinct Pliocene hominin from 3.5-3.2 mya.


Homo longi

From being a hominid (Homo, from Latin homo (“man”)) discovered in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang (“黑龍江”).
longi, from Mandarin 龍／龙 (lóng, “dragon”). From Chinese 黑龍江／黑龙江 (Hēilóngjiāng, “Heilongjiang”, literally “Black Dragon River”).

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A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – Dragon Man; an archaic hominid, identified from a skull discovered in Heilongjiang Province, China.


Homo erectus pekinensis

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Hominidae – Peking Man.


Amynodontidae

From ancient Greek ἀμύνω, to defend, ward off.

A taxonomic family within the order Perissodactyla – an extinct family of rhino-like mammals with defensive protruding teeth.


Echinomys

Synonym of Echimys (“spiny tree-rat genus”)


Nesophontes

A taxonomic genus within the family Nesophontidae – extinct West Indies shrews.


Halichoerus grypus

A taxonomic species within the family Phocidae – gray seal, Atlantic seal, horsehead seal.


Octodontinae

A former taxonomic subfamily of the family Octodontidae in the Hystricomorpha, including the degu and others.


Dicrostonyx groenlandicus

A taxonomic species within the family Cricetidae – northern collared lemming or nearctic collared lemming, also called Peary Land collared lemming.


Dicrostonyx

A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – collared lemmings.


Dicrostonychini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Cricetidae.


Tethytheria

A taxonomic clade within the clade Paenungulata – tethytherians.


Ctenacodon

Ancient Greek κτενός (ktenós, “comb”) + Latin acus (“needle”) + Ancient Greek ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”)

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">κτενός</i> (ktenós, “comb”)

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">acus</i> (“needle”)

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ὀδών</i> (odṓn, “tooth”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Allodontidae.


Allodontidae

Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos) + ὀδόντος (odóntos) + -idae

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ὀδόντος (odóntos)

A taxonomic family within the order †Multituberculata – allodontids.


Oryzomys

oryzo- (“rice”) + Ancient Greek μῦς m (mûs, “mouse”), literally “rice mouse”

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A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – certain semiaquatic rodents, rice rats.


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Eremoryzomys

erem- (“desert-dwelling, solitary”) + Oryzomys m (“rice rats”), literally “desert rice rat” or “solitary rice rat”

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Oryzomyini – certain rats closely related to rice rats.


Pachylemur

pachy- (“thick”) + Lemur m (“ring-tailed lemur”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Lemuridae – certain extinct lemurids.


Myodes californicus

Myodes + Latin californicus, literally “Californian Myodes”

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A taxonomic species within the family Myidae – western red-backed vole.


Bulbasaurus

English Bulbasaur (“species of Pokémon”) + -us m, with the influence of -saurus m (“lizard”). English Bulbasaur is derived from English bulb (“plant part”) + English -a- (“phonetic interfix”) + English -saur (“lizard, saurian”), literally “bulb-lizard”.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Geikiidae – certain extinct mammals.


Dipodomys agilis

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→ English: agile kangaroo mouse (calque)

Binomial compound of Dipodomys m + Latin agilis m or f (“agile”)

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A taxonomic species within the family Heteromyidae – agile kangaroo rat.


Genetta felina

Binomial compound of Genetta f (“genet”) + Latin fēlīna f (“feline”), literally “feline genet”.

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – South African small-spotted genet.


Tursiops australis

Binomial compound of Tursiops m (“bottlenose dolphin”) + Latin austrālis m or f (“Australian”), literally “Australian bottlenose dolphin”.

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A taxonomic species within the family Delphinidae – Burrunan dolphin.


Plecotini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Vespertilionidae – certain vesper bats.


Scotorepens

scoto- (“darkness”) + Latin rēpēns (“creeping”), literally “darkness-creeping”

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A taxonomic genus within the family Vespertilionidae – certain bats.


Thyroptera

Ancient Greek θῠρεός m (thŭreós, “discal, ovaline, shieldlike”) + -ptera (“wing”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Thyropteridae – disk-winged bats.


Wakaleo

Dieri waka (“little, small”) + Latin leō m (“lion”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Thylacoleonidae.


Khoratpithecus

Thai โคราช (koo-râat, “Nakhon Ratchasima”) + Ancient Greek πῐ́θηκος (pĭ́thēkos, “monkey”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – certain extinct hominids.


Eurohippus

Euro- (“Europe”) + Ancient Greek ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”), literally “Euro-horse”.

A taxonomic genus within the family Palaeotheriidae – certain extinct ungulates.


Felis onca

From Latin felis (“cat”) + Portuguese onça (“jaguar”).

Superseded synonym of Panthera onca, the jaguar.


Thoatherium

→ English: thoatherium

→ Japanese: トアテリウム (toateriumu)

→ Russian: тоате́рия (toatérija)

→ Spanish: toaterio

Ancient Greek θοός (thoós, “swift, quick”) + Ancient Greek θηρῐ́ον (thērĭ́on, “animal, beast”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Proterotheriidae – certain extinct gazelle-like ungulates.


Prolagus

pro- (“similar to”) + -lagus (“rabbit”, from Ancient Greek λᾰγώς (lăgṓs)).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Prolagidae – prolaguses, certain extinct mammals closely related to rabbits.