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Animals by Scientific Class Names

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.

Nomascus hainanus

Nomascus hainanus

Nomascus hainanus,Hainan Gibbon、Hainan Black Crested Gibbon、Hainan Black Gibbon、Hainan Crested Gibbon,Hainan black-crested gibbon, bang-bang monkey, bao monkey

Features:One of the world's most endangered primates

Hainan Gibbon (scientific name: Nomascus hainanus) Foreign names: Hainan Gibbon, Hainan Black Crested Gibbon, Hainan Black Gibbon, Hainan Crested Gibbon, no subspecies.The difference between Hainan gibbons and other gibbons is that its population is larger and it lives in a family-like manner. It us...

Nomascus gabriellae

Nomascus gabriellae

Nomascus gabriellae,Red-cheeked Gibbon、Buff-cheeked Gibbon、Buffy-cheeked Gibbon、Southern Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon,Red-cheeked black ape, yellow-cheeked crested gibbon, light yellow-cheeked gibbon

Features:There is a patch of orange or yellow hair on each side of the cheek from the corner of the mouth to the top of the ear.

Red-cheeked Gibbon (scientific name: Nomascus gabriellae) is also known as Red-cheeked Gibbon, Buff-cheeked Gibbon, Buffy-cheeked Gibbon, Southern Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon, and has no subspecies.Red-cheeked gibbons have a strong sense of territory, with each family group covering about 20 to 50...

Hylobates pileatus

Hylobates pileatus

Hylobates pileatus,Pileated Gibbon,Fence-crowned gibbon, Crested gibbon

Features:A tuft of black hair on the top of the head that looks like a crown

Pileated Gibbon (scientific name: Hylobates pileatus) is also known as Pileated Gibbon in English. It has no subspecies.Pileated gibbons usually form a family of 4, including an adult male and an adult female, and the rest are semi-adult and young gibbons, with an adult male serving as the leader. G...

Hylobates muelleri

Hylobates muelleri

Hylobates muelleri,Müller's Bornean Gibbon,Bornean gibbon, Miller's gibbon

Features:The hair color varies from gray to brown, with thick and dense white-gray eyebrow lines

The gray gibbon (scientific name: Hylobates muelleri) is also known as Müller's Bornean Gibbon in English. It has three subspecies.A family of gray gibbons usually consists of 4 individuals, including an adult male and an adult female, and the rest are semi-adult and young gibbons, with an adul...

Hylobates moloch

Hylobates moloch

Hylobates moloch,Silvery Javan Gibbon

Features:The body is silver-gray, with a white ring around the eyebrows and cheeks

Silvery Javan Gibbon (scientific name: Hylobates moloch) is called Silvery Javan Gibbon in English. There are 2 subspecies.Silvery Javan Gibbon usually gathers in small groups of families, usually 4. Among them, there is an adult male and an adult female, and the rest are semi-adult and young gibbon...

Hylobates klossii

Hylobates klossii

Hylobates klossii,Kloss’s Gibbon,Cross's gibbon, Mentawai gibbon, Japanese gibbon

Features:It has longer canine teeth, calluses on the buttocks, no tail or cheek pouches, and a larger vocal sac in the throat.

Kloss’s Gibbon (scientific name: Hylobates klossii) is also known as Kloss’s Gibbon in English. It has no subspecies.Clark's gibbons usually live in small groups of families, including one adult male and one adult female, and the rest are semi-adult and young gibbons, with an adult male servin...

Hylobates albibarbis

Hylobates albibarbis

Hylobates albibarbis

Features:Short legs, hands longer than feet

The white-bearded gibbon (scientific name: Hylobates albibarbis) was once a subspecies of the black-handed gibbon and was identified as an independent species in 2001.White-bearded gibbons usually form a family of 4, including an adult male and an adult female, and the rest are semi-adult and young...

Hylobates agilis

Hylobates agilis

Hylobates agilis,Agile Gibbon,Agile Gibbon

Features:Has extremely long arms and fingers, and no tail

The black-handed gibbon (scientific name: Hylobates agilis) is also known as Agile Gibbon in English. It has two subspecies.Black-handed gibbons usually form a family of 4, including an adult male and an adult female, and the rest are semi-adult and young gibbons, with an adult male as the leader. G...

Simias concolor

Simias concolor

Simias concolor,Pig-tailed langur,Pig-tailed langur, Bagai Island langur

Features:Upturned nose, pig tail

Pig-tailed langur (Simias concolor) has two subspecies. Pig-tailed langurs are related to other langurs and proboscis monkeys; all belong to the primate family Cercopithecidae. The scientific name of the pig-tailed langur, Simias concolor, was named by American zoologist and botanist Gerrit Smith Mi...

Rhinopithecus avunculus

Rhinopithecus avunculus

Rhinopithecus avunculus,Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey,Tokyo snub-nosed monkey

Features:There is a bluish-black tint near the lips and an orange throat patch

Vietnamese golden monkey (scientific name: Rhinopithecus avunculus) is also known as Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey in foreign language, and has no subspecies.Vietnamese golden monkeys move in small groups, usually consisting of one male and multiple females, or groups of multiple males, with multiple sma...

Pygathrix

Pygathrix

Pygathrix,Douc Langur,Gray-legged white-shanked langur, red-legged white-shanked langur, black-legged white-shanked langur

Features:It is named because of the triangular white rump spot on the male's rump.

Douc Langur (scientific name: Pygathrix), also known as Douc Langur, has three species: gray-legged white-shanked langur, red-legged white-shanked langur, and black-legged white-shanked langur. It is one of the most colorful primates.The white-shanked leaf monkey is a diurnal monkey that lives in tr...

Presbytis rubicunda

Presbytis rubicunda

Presbytis rubicunda,Red langur, chestnut langur

Features:Fur chestnut red

The scientific name of the chestnut-red leaf monkey is Presbytis rubicunda. It likes to move around in tall trees and rarely goes to the ground. It also sleeps in big trees at night. It eats almost only leaves. Its favorite food is the vines of Borneo, the young leaves of some rare trees and some un...

Presbytis hosei

Presbytis hosei

Presbytis hosei,Ho's leaf monkey

Features:

Ho's leaf monkey, scientific name Presbytis hosei, moves in groups and is active during the day. It mainly feeds on tough leaves, but also eats fruits, flowers and insects. It is divided into four subspecies, one of which, Presbytis hosei canicrus, was declared extinct in its original range, nor...

Presbytis femoralis

Presbytis femoralis

Presbytis femoralis,Sarawak Surili, Bornean Banded Langur,Sarawak langur, Borneo langur

Features:There is a clear white stripe on the chest

The scientific name of the Indonesian langur is Presbytis femoralis, and its English name is Sarawak Surili, Bornean Banded Langur. It is generally believed that there are no more than 20 Indonesian langurs living in the tropical rainforests of Singapore. Studies in recent years have found that the...

Trachypithecus vetulus

Trachypithecus vetulus

Trachypithecus vetulus,Purple-faced Langur

Features:Have a relatively short thumb

Purple-faced Langur (Trachypithecus vetulus) has four subspecies.Purple-faced Langurs form small groups ranging in size from 3 to 16. The average group size is 8.4, with 8-9 being the most common. This is a diurnal, wooded species that rarely moves on the ground and only stays on the ground for shor...

Trachypithecus obscurus

Trachypithecus obscurus

Trachypithecus obscurus,Dusky Leaf-monkey,Dusky leaf monkey, spotted leaf monkey, spectacled leaf monkey

Features:The eyes are round and big, with a white ring around them, like wearing a pair of white-framed glasses

Dusky Leaf-monkey (scientific name: Trachypithecus obscurus) is also known as Dusky Leaf-monkey in English. It has 7 subspecies.The black leaf monkey is a social animal, with 2-12 individuals in each group, usually consisting of one or two mature male monkeys and multiple female monkeys and their of...

Trachypithecus laotum

Trachypithecus laotum

Trachypithecus laotum,Laotian Langur,Laotian langur

Features:White head with black face and a distinct and uniquely shaped black crest

Laotian Langur (scientific name: Trachypithecus laotum), also known as Laotian Langur, is distributed in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.The Laotian leaf monkey inhabits forested areas on steep hillsides, living on steep, often nearly vertical cliffs of karst limestone. Such hills can provi...

Trachypithecus johnii

Trachypithecus johnii

Trachypithecus johnii,Nilgiri Langur,Nilgiri black langur, Indian hooded langur, John's langur, Hooded langur, Black langur

Features:Dark brown coat with thick golden brown hair on the head

Indian black leaf monkey (scientific name: Trachypithecus johnii) foreign name Nilgiri Langur, no subspecies.Little is known about the biology of the Indian black leaf monkey. The young are mainly born between May and November, just after the monsoon brings fresh leaves. The species usually consists...

Trachypithecus hatinhensis

Trachypithecus hatinhensis

Trachypithecus hatinhensis,Hatinh Langur,Ha Tinh black leaf monkey

Features:The face has a distinctive white marking and has a distinct and uniquely shaped crest

The Vietnamese black leaf monkey (scientific name: Trachypithecus hatinhensis) is also known as Hatinh Langur in English. It is a monotypic species with no subspecies differentiation. Some primatologists believe that the Vietnamese black leaf monkey is a subspecies of the Laotian black leaf monkey....

Trachypithecus germaini

Trachypithecus germaini

Trachypithecus germaini,Indochinese Lutung,Germanic langur, Indonesian langur

Features:Has a black face surrounded by long gray-white hair

Indochinese black leaf monkey (scientific name: Trachypithecus germaini) foreign name Indochinese Lutung, no subspecies.Indochinese black leaf monkey likes to live in groups, in small groups, each group usually has 3-10 individuals. Mainly arboreal, usually active and foraging in the upper layers of...

Trachypithecus geei

Trachypithecus geei

Trachypithecus geei,Gee’s Golden Langur,Yellow-crowned langur, golden langur, golden long-tailed monkey

Features:Fur ranges from dark gold to light yellow to cream with a solid black face

Golden Langur (scientific name: Trachypithecus geei) is also known as Gee’s Golden Langur in English. There are 2 subspecies.Golden Langurs live in groups, with 2-12 in each group, usually consisting of one or two mature male monkeys and multiple female monkeys and their offspring. Active during th...