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The scientific names of animals are named and classified using the binomial nomenclature system of biology. This system is based on a series of hierarchical structures, from the broadest to the most specific, including kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. The following is the general structure of the scientific names of animals:

ClassnameExample
KingdomAnimaliaHomo sapiens、Canis lupus familiaris
PhylumChordataBalaenoptera musculus、Aves
ClassMammaliaPanthera tigris、whale
OrderPrimatesGorilla gorilla、Macaca mulatta
FamilyHominidaeHomo sapiens、Gorilla
GenusHomoHomo sapiens、Homo neanderthalensis
SpeciesHomo sapiensModern humans only


This classification method helps biologists clearly understand and study the relationship between species, and promotes various biological studies.

Rhinolophus luctus

Rhinolophus luctus

Rhinolophus luctus;woolly horseshoe bat

Features:The largest species of horseshoe bat in China, it lives alone or in pairs and is very rare.

The Great Rhinolophus lives in caves, often sharing a cave with other species of Rhinolophus and Hoofed Bats, but always hangs alone on the cave ceiling, and most of them are in a brighter place not far from the cave entrance. One captured in Suichuan, Jiangxi, was hanging less than 3m above the gro...

Rhinolophus huananus

Rhinolophus huananus

Rhinolophus chinensis

Features:The ears are large, with a correspondingly small antitragus.

The number of South China Rhinolophus is relatively rare, and it is a cave-type bat. It can be seen living in the same cave with Chinese Rhinolophus (<Rhinolophus sinicus>), small-footed bat (<Hipposideros pomona>), big-eared Rhinolophus (<R. macrotis>), etc. Before the publication...

Greater Horseshoe Bat

Greater Horseshoe Bat

Greater Horseshoe Bat

Features:The ears are large and slightly broad, with pointed ends

There are species of mouse-eared bat and Oriental bat in the roost cave. During the day and night, sleep between stone cracks or wall cracks during the day, hanging alone on the stone wall, hanging with two limbs and upside down on the stone wall, forelimbs wrapped around the body, when external sou...

porpoise

porpoise

Cetacea LC

Features:It's a relatively small toothed whale

The porpoise (Phocoena phocoena in Latin), also known as porpoise, is the most common toothed whale in the North and Baltic Seas.Porpoises prefer calmer waters at a medium depth of about 20 meters near the coast, but occasionally swim deeper into the ocean.Porpoises feed almost exclusively on fish,...

Sotalia fluviatilis

Sotalia fluviatilis

South American long-beaked dolphin, Amazon River white-sided dolphin

Cetacea LC

Features:The body is stout, the beak is prominent, and the forehead is slightly rounded.

Tucuxi dolphin (scientific name: Sotalia fluviatilis) is also known as tucuxi in English. There is no subspecies.Although they may let ships approach, most Tucuxi dolphins are wary of ships. They may ride on the waves caused by passing ships, but will not perform bow riding. Often seen peeping, tail...

Cephalorhynchus heavisidii

Cephalorhynchus heavisidii

South African dolphin, Hiwig's dolphin, Benguela dolphin

Cetacea LC

Features:The dorsal fin is a distinct triangle, and the body color is a striking black, white and gray pattern.

Haviside's dolphin (scientific name: Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) is called Haviside's dolphin in foreign language, and has no subspecies.Haviside's dolphin is cautious by nature and sometimes quite shy. It is rare to see them jumping, but they have been known to leap more than 2 meters o...

Cephalorhynchus eutropia

Cephalorhynchus eutropia

black dolphin, black dolphin, Chilean dolphin

Cetacea LC

Features:After death, the body color will soon darken, so it is also called "black dolphin".

Chilean dwarf dolphin (scientific name: Cephalorhynchus eutropia) is also known as Chilean Dolphin and Black dolphin in foreign languages. There is no subspecies.Little is known about the Chilean dwarf dolphin, but it is generally believed that this species of dolphin is cautious by nature; it rarel...

Cephalorhynchus commersonii

Cephalorhynchus commersonii

Black and white dolphin, panda dolphin, Connor's dwarf dolphin

Cetacea LC

Features:The beak is quite sharp, with unclear boundaries between it and the forehead, and the pattern on its body is very similar to that of a panda.

The spotted beaked dolphin is the common name of Commerson's dolphin (scientific name: Cephalorhynchus commersonii), also known as Commerson's dolphin in English, and has two subspecies.Spotted beaked dolphins usually live in groups of 1 to 3, and there are also large groups of more than 100...

Cephalorhynchus hectori

Cephalorhynchus hectori

Hector's dolphin, Atlantic black and white dolphin, white-headed dolphin, New Zealand dolphin, white-headed beaked dolphin, Hector's dwarf dolphin

Cetacea LC

Features:One of the rarest species and the smallest oceanic dolphin

New Zealand black and white dolphins (scientific name: Cephalorhynchus hectori) are called Hector's Dolphin and Dolphin in foreign languages. There are two subspecies.New Zealand black and white dolphins usually gather in small groups of 2-10. These small groups sometimes temporarily unite to fo...

Orcaella brevirostris

Orcaella brevirostris

Irrawaddy dolphin, fin dolphin

Cetacea LC

Features:The body is stout, round and streamlined, with a large forehead and a blunt and round head.

Irrawaddy dolphin (scientific name: Orcaella brevirostris), foreign name Irrawaddy dolphin, no subspecies.Irrawaddy dolphins are social animals, usually 3 to 6 in groups, the social behavior of group members occurs within and outside the group, and they also swim with other groups. When Irrawaddy do...

Globicephala melas

Globicephala melas

Atlantic pilot whale, black whale, pilot whale

Cetacea LC

Features:Its forehead is round and its dorsal fin is sickle-shaped. Its flippers are very long, accounting for 15-20% of its body length.

Long-finned pilot whale (scientific name: Globicephala melas) is also known as Atlantic pilot whale and black round-headed whale. There are two subspecies.Long-finned pilot whales are a group of organisms that like to live in cold salt water areas with a temperature of 13-30℃. The diving depth is 3...

Lissodelphis peronii

Lissodelphis peronii

Southern whale dolphin, beaked dolphin without dorsal fin

Cetacea LC

Features:The only dolphin in the Southern Hemisphere without a dorsal fin

The Southern Right Dolphin (scientific name: Lissodelphis peronii) is also known as the Southern Right Whale Dolphin. It has no subspecies. It is the only dolphin in the Southern Hemisphere without a dorsal fin, and has a distinct black and white pattern on its body. If the Southern Right Dolphin is...

Lissodelphis borealis

Lissodelphis borealis

Northern whale dolphin, warm water finless beaked dolphin

Cetacea LC

Features:The body is slender, tapering towards the tail like an eel, and the whole body is generally black with a white belly.

Northern right whale dolphin (scientific name: Lissodelphis borealis) is called Northern right whale dolphin in foreign language, and has no subspecies.When the northern right dolphin swims and jumps quickly, the overall impression given is that of a leap; each leap can reach up to 7 meters. Very ea...

Stenella longirostris

Stenella longirostris

Spinner dolphin, spinner dolphin, long-beaked spinner dolphin

Cetacea LC

Features:The snout is slender and accounts for 8.1% to 9.9% of the body length, the longest among the genus Prodolphins.

Long-beaked dolphin (scientific name: Stenella longirostris) is also known as Spinner Dolphin in English. There are 4 subspecies.There are about 118 long-beaked dolphins in the northern Mozambique Channel surrounding Mayotte Island. They often travel in groups of more than 200, and large groups of 1...

Lagenorhynchus albirostris

Lagenorhynchus albirostris

White-nosed dolphin, white-beaked dolphin, squid-hunting dolphin

Cetacea LC

Features:Not all beaks are white, but from a close distance, the pure white beaks are particularly obvious.

White-beaked dolphin (scientific name: Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is called white-beaked dolphin in foreign language, and has no subspecies.White-beaked dolphins especially like to perform bow riding in front of large, fast-moving ships, but usually lose interest quickly. Some groups are very elusi...

Lagenorhynchus acutus

Lagenorhynchus acutus

Atlantic white-sided dolphin, jumping dolphin, bouncing dolphin

Cetacea LC

Features:Atlantic white-sided dolphin, jumping dolphin, bouncing dolphin

Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (scientific name: Lagenorhynchus acutus) is also known as Atlantic White-sided Dolphin. It has no subspecies. Atlantic White-sided Dolphin is currently classified in a polymorphic genus (Cipriano 1997). However, molecular biological studies have shown that this species i...

Pontoporia blainvillei

Pontoporia blainvillei

La Plata River Dolphin

Cetacea LC

Features:It is the only freshwater dolphin that lives in the sea.

The scientific name of the Lapu-Lapu river dolphin is Pontoporia blainvillei. It is the only freshwater dolphin that lives in the sea, but it prefers shallow coastal waters.The pufferfish is a carnivore that often swims to the shallow water near the shore to hunt at dawn and dusk. It usually swallow...

Inia geoffrensis

Inia geoffrensis

Amazon porpoise

Cetacea LC

Features:The largest dolphin in the world

The scientific name of the river dolphin is Inia geoffrensis. It is the largest dolphin in the world and one of the few dolphins that is still common. During the dry season, river dolphins gather in groups of about a dozen; in other seasons, they live in groups. The sound of the puffs can be loud or...

Rhinolophus medius

Rhinolophus medius

Rhinolophus affinis

Features:The posterior nasal concavity is obvious and the palate bridge is the shortest.

The middle horseshoe bat is a common cave bat species. It lives in moist caves, abandoned mines, tunnels, etc. It can live in the same cave with the big-footed bat (<Hipposideros armiger>), the small horseshoe bat (<Rhinolophus pusillus>), the Pi's horseshoe bat (<R. pearsonii>...

Malayan false vampire bat

Malayan false vampire bat

Features:There is a prominent longitudinal ridge in the center of the nose

This species belongs to the subgenus <Megaderma>. Bergmans & Bree (1986) discussed the subspecies differentiation in Indonesia. The specimens found by Zhang Libiao et al. (2010) in Mengla County, Yunnan Province, have morphological characteristics consistent with the main characteristics o...

Megaderma lyra

Megaderma lyra

Megaderma lyra

Features:No blood-sucking habit

The Indian false vampire bat usually moves in groups of dozens and does not mix with other bats. It is carnivorous and feeds on insects, spiders, and small vertebrates (such as small fish, frogs, birds, mice, and even other species of bats). It often flies within 3 meters of the ground to find food,...