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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.

Trachypithecus delacouri

Trachypithecus delacouri

Trachypithecus delacouri,Delacour’s langur,De's black leaf monkey

Features:It is one of the 25 most endangered primates in the world.

Delacour’s langur (scientific name: Trachypithecus delacouri) is also known as Delacour’s langur, which is named after the leaves it feeds on.Delacourt's leaf monkeys are social animals with a strict population hierarchy. In a family group, there is a male, multiple females and their offspring...

Trachypithecus barbei

Trachypithecus barbei

Trachypithecus barbei,Tenasserim Lutung

Features:The face has a mild violet color

Burmese black leaf monkey (scientific name: Trachypithecus barbei) foreign name Tenasserim Lutung.Burmese black leaf monkey mainly lives in trees. They like to live in groups, in small groups, usually 3-10 in each group, and larger groups have about 20. They usually move and feed in the upper layers...

Trachypithecus auratus,

Trachypithecus auratus,

Trachypithecus auratus,Javan Lutung

Features:The whole body is black, with a black upright crown of hair on the top of the head

Javan Lutung (scientific name: Trachypithecus auratus) is called Javan Lutung in foreign language. There are two subspecies.Javan Lutung mainly lives in trees. They like to live in groups, usually 3-10 in each group, and the larger group has about 20. They usually move and feed in the upper layers o...

Semnopithecus priam

Semnopithecus priam

Semnopithecus priam,Tufted Gray Langur

Features:The hairs on the crown form a distinct tuft or crown.

Tufted Gray Langur (scientific name: Semnopithecus priam) is also known as Tufted Gray Langur. It has two subspecies. Its specific habits are unknown.Listed in the 2008 Red List of Endangered Species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) ver 3.1 - Near Threatened (NT).Listed in the CITES Appendix I...

Semnopithecus hector

Semnopithecus hector

Semnopithecus hector,Tarai Gray Langur,Talai gray langur, Tarai gray langur, lesser mountain langur, gray langur

Features:

Hector's Gray Langur (scientific name: Semnopithecus hector), also known as Tarai Gray Langur, is a subspecies of the Indian Gray Langur.Hector's gray leaf monkeys usually like to form small groups of more than ten and spend 5 hours a day grooming each other. The call is relatively low, and...

Semnopithecus entellus

Semnopithecus entellus

Semnopithecus entellus,Northern Plains Gray Langur,Northern Plains Gray Langur, Bengal Long-tailed Langur, Hanuman Langur

Features:The cheek hair and eyebrows are well developed, and the name is derived from the length of the body or tail.

Indian Gray Langur (scientific name: Semnopithecus entellus) is called Northern Plains Gray Langur in foreign language, and has no subspecies.Indian Gray Langurs usually like to form small groups of more than ten or large groups of nearly 100, and spend 5 hours a day grooming each other. The call is...

Semnopithecus ajax

Semnopithecus ajax

Semnopithecus ajax,Kashmir Gray Langur

Features:

The specific habits of the Kashmir gray langur (Semnopithecus ajax) are unknown.Listed in the "Red List of Threatened Species of the World Conservation Union" (IUCN) 2015 ver 3.1-Endangered (EN).Listed in Appendix I, Appendix II and Appendix III of the Convention on International Trade in...

Procolobus verus

Procolobus verus

Procolobus verus,Olive Colobus,Van Beneden's red colobus, pale green colobus

Features:Olive green fur all over the body

Olive Colobus (scientific name: Procolobus verus) is the only colobus in the genus Procolobus.Olive Colobus is a diurnal species. It is arboreal and moves quickly between trees. They live in small groups of 5-20 individuals, with one adult male, some females and half of the immature young. Multiple...

Piliocolobus waldronae

Piliocolobus waldronae

Piliocolobus waldronae,Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus,Miss Wattung's Red Colobus Monkey

Features:

Waldron’s Red Colobus (Piliocolobus waldronae) has been a subspecies of the Western Red Colobus since 1978. It is native to West Africa. It was thought to be extinct in 2000. However, new evidence suggests that there is a very small population of these monkeys living in the southeastern corner of C...

Piliocolobus tholloni

Piliocolobus tholloni

Piliocolobus tholloni,Tshuapa Red Colobus, Soler's red colobus

Features:

The Tshuapa Red Colobus (scientific name: Piliocolobus tholloni) was once a subspecies of the Tana River Red Colobus and was classified as an independent species in 2013. It mainly feeds on plant food such as leaves. Its thumb is degenerate, while its big toe is thick, and its hind limbs are usually...

Piliocolobus tephrosceles

Piliocolobus tephrosceles

Piliocolobus tephrosceles,Uganda Red Colobus,Red colobus monkey Ugandan subspecies

Features:

The scientific name of the Ugandan red colobus is Piliocolobus tephrosceles, and its foreign name is Uganda Red Colobus. It feeds on leaves, fruits, and flowers. Its specific habits are unknown.Listed in the "World Conservation Union" (IUCN) ver.: 2008 Red List of Primates - Endangered (EN...

Piliocolobus rufomitratus

Piliocolobus rufomitratus

Piliocolobus rufomitratus,Eastern Red Colobus,Eastern red colobus, Tana colobus

Features:One of the world's 25 most endangered primates

Tana River Red Colobus (scientific name: Piliocolobus rufomitratus) is called Eastern Red Colobus in foreign language, and has no subspecies.Tana River Red Colobus has a smaller family territory than other red colobus monkeys. The average family range is close to 9 hectares, with an average of 34-11...

Piliocolobus preussi

Piliocolobus preussi

Piliocolobus preussi,Preuss’s Red Colobus,Preuss's red colobus

Features:The whole body is covered with long hair, without tufts, and the fur is brightly colored

Preuss’s Red Colobus (scientific name: Piliocolobus preussi) is also known as Preuss’s Red Colobus. It was once a subspecies of the West African red colobus.Preuss’s Red Colobus is a diurnal animal. It is arboreal and moves quickly between species. The complex structure of their stomachs has been...

Sterna paradisaea

Sterna paradisaea

Arctic Tern ,Sterna paradisaea

Features:It has a "black cover" on its head and is the bird that flies the farthest on Earth.

The Arctic tern is a seabird belonging to the tern genus. It is medium-sized and distributed in the Arctic and nearby areas. It is a migratory bird. It experiences two summers each year, migrating from its northern breeding area to the ocean near Antarctica, and then migrating back to the breeding a...

Procolobus pennantii

Procolobus pennantii

Procolobus pennantii,Bioko Red Colobus,Oko Red Colobus

Features:The head is black, the back, limbs and other parts are brown-red or chestnut-brown, and the chest and abdomen are grayish white

Pennant's Red Colobus (scientific name: Procolobus pennantii) is also known as Bioko Red Colobus, and has no subspecies.The family territory of the Pennant's Red Colobus can extend to 100 hectares or more, often overlapping with the territories of other groups. Diurnal. They are arboreal and...

Balaeniceps rex

Balaeniceps rex

Balaeniceps rex,Scorpion Stork, Shoe-billed Stork, Zootropod

Features:The bird with the largest head and widest beak in the world

The largest bird on earth is the Shoebill, the only species in the genus Shoebill of the family Shoebill. The name of the Shoebill comes from its powerful beak. It is a large bird very similar to the Stork family. It is tall, averaging 1.2 meters tall, weighing 4000-7000 grams, and has a wingspan of...

Arundinax aedon

Arundinax aedon

Arundinax aedon,Tree warbler, reed warbler, reed warbler, large-billed warbler

Features:The mouth is wide, with a base width of more than 4 mm, and the whiskers are very developed with secondary whiskers.

Thick-billed reed warbler is a bird of the family Albizia and genus Albizia. Like other reed warblers, it often moves and forages alone or in pairs in dense bushes and grasses. It is stealthy and moves quickly and agilely. During the breeding season, it often sings on high branches near the nest. It...

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Acrocephalus scirpaceus,Large-billed Warbler

Features:The eyebrow lines are pale white but not obvious, and usually only the part in front of the eyes is clear.

Reed warblers are small in size and often move alone or in pairs. They like to perch on reed stems and small willow branches. They are sexually active, agile and cautious, and often hide in bushes or grass.The call is a monotonous and dull 2-4 intermittent low call, sometimes imitating the singing o...

Acrocephalus dumetorum

Acrocephalus dumetorum

Acrocephalus dumetorum,Reed Warbler

Features:With a very weak yellowish eyebrow pattern.

Brandt's reed warbler is a small bird. The male and female have similar plumage. It may be a summer migratory bird in Xinjiang, China, and a stray bird in Hong Kong. It often moves alone or in pairs. It is lively and alert. It often jumps on low trees or flies between small trees. It is busy loo...

Acrocephalus agricola

Acrocephalus agricola

Acrocephalus agricola,Double-browed reed warbler, willow warbler, reed warbler, round-winged reed warbler

Features:The upper edge of the eyebrows is decorated with wide dark brown side crown lines.

The rice field reed warbler is a small bird with similar plumage for males and females. It often moves alone or in pairs. It also moves in groups during the migration period. It moves quickly and swiftly between the branches of shrubs or grass stems, and occasionally jumps to the top of shrubs or gr...

Acrocephalus tangorum

Acrocephalus tangorum

Acrocephalus tangorum

Features:With dark eye stripes, wide white and a large and long beak.

The Far Eastern Reed Warbler is a medium-sized, dull grey-brown reed warbler. The new winter plumage is very brown, with brown breast, flanks and undertail coverts. It is very similar to the Paddy Field Warbler, but with a longer bill and a striking black stripe on the brow. The bill is long and the...