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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.

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus,Sedge Warbler

Features:Thick dark brown shaft pattern on top of head and back

The water reed warbler is a small bird with similar plumage for males and females. It often moves alone or in groups. It is alert and usually hides in the grass and bushes to move or forage, so it is rare to see it. But during the breeding season, the male bird, like other reed warblers, often stand...

Acrocephalus concinens

Acrocephalus concinens

Acrocephalus concinens,Blunt-winged Warbler

Features:There are dark brown lines across the eyes but no dark stripes on the eyebrow lines.

Blunt-winged reed warbler (scientific name: Acrocephalus concinens) is a bird of the family Acrocephalus. In mainland China, it is distributed in Hebei, Shaanxi, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Fujian, Guangdong and other places. The type locality of this specie...

Acrocephalus sorghophilus

Acrocephalus sorghophilus

Acrocephalus sorghophilus,Spotted Reed Warbler

Features:The crown and upper back have fuzzy vertical lines, the eyebrow lines are yellowish with wide black lines above.

The Fine-striped Reed Warbler is a summer and migratory bird in my country, and perhaps a winter migratory bird. It migrates to Hebei, Beijing and other places to breed in late May and early June every year, and begins to migrate south in late September and early October. It feeds on reed fields in...

Acrocephalus bistrigiceps

Acrocephalus bistrigiceps

Acrocephalus bistrigiceps,Willow leaves, mouth lashes

Features:The eyebrow lines are light yellow with obvious dark brown vertical lines.

The black-browed reed warbler often moves alone or in pairs. It is alert and agile. It can nimbly jump and shuttle between the stems and leaves of reeds, and can also stand upright on reeds or grass stems and climb up and down. Sometimes it flies back and forth between reeds and grass. It is constan...

Acrocephalus stentoreus

Acrocephalus stentoreus

Acrocephalus stentoreus,Southern Great Reed Warbler

Features:The brown color in front of the eye extends from the front of the eye to the back of the eye, forming an inconspicuous eye line.

The Noisy Great Reed Warbler is similar to the Great Reed Warbler. It often moves alone or in pairs. It is agile and quick, often dodging and darting quickly through reeds, bushes or grass. During the breeding season, it often stands on the top of reeds or other aquatic plants and shrubs and sings f...

Acrocephalus orientalis

Acrocephalus orientalis

Acrocephalus orientalis,Reed strings, quacking, splitting reeds, chirping

Features:A slightly larger brown reed warbler with prominent yellow eyebrow lines.

Oriental Great Reed Warbler is a summer migratory bird in China, and some are resident birds. In spring, they migrate to China to breed from early May to mid-to-late May, and in autumn, they begin to migrate from their breeding grounds to their wintering grounds in late September and early October.T...

Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Acrocephalus arundinaceus,Large reed bundle, reed string, reed katydid

Features:The most common species in my country is the Great Reed Warbler, which is the largest of the warblers.

The Great Reed Warbler is a small bird, commonly known as the Great Reed Warbler, the Reed Casper and the Reed Grasshopper. It is sexually active, often jumping and climbing between grass stems, reeds and bushes alone or in pairs. It is extremely alert, changing its position from time to time and su...

Ovibos moschatus

Ovibos moschatus

Ovibos moschatus,Muskox、Musk Ox,Musk ox, Arctic musk ox

Features:The fur of the northernmost ungulate on Earth can grow up to 60 cm

Musk ox (scientific name: Ovibos moschatus) is also known as Muskox and Musk Ox in foreign languages. There are two subspecies.Musk oxen live in rocky and barren places. They live in groups and mainly eat grass and branches of shrubs. In winter, they also dig snow to eat mosses. They are brave and w...

Pseudocarcinus gigas

Pseudocarcinus gigas

Pseudocarcinus gigas,King crab, heavy false back crab, Australian king crab, Australian giant crab

Features:It is the heaviest crab in existence, with a huge and imposing claw.

The giant shore crab is also commonly known as the emperor crab, and should not be confused with the king crab.The giant shore crab is a predator of many organisms, especially bivalves, polychaetes, and small crustaceans. They are mainly nocturnal, but they are active during the day depending on the...

Achatina fulica

Achatina fulica

Achatina fulica,Brown cloud agate snail, Chinese white jade snail

Features:It is named because its head, neck, abdomen, feet and body muscles are white like jade.

The scientific name of the white jade snail is Achatina fulica, also known as the brown cloud agate snail, which is a subspecies of the African giant snail.White Jade Snail lives on field crops, forest trees and humid environments. It is sensitive to light stimulation. Its visibility in weak light i...

Tetraodontidae

Tetraodontidae

Tetraodontidae,pufferfish、puffers,Pufferfish, boatfish, pufferfish, good fish, chicken, turtle fish

Features:When angry, it turns into a balloon. It is the most poisonous fish.

Pufferfish (scientific name Tetraodontidae) is also known as pufferfish or puffers in foreign languages. Because of its "pig-like" appearance and its frequent activities in river estuaries, it is commonly known as pufferfish in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, while it is called Dingba in Shandong, L...

Syncerus caffer

Syncerus caffer

Syncerus caffer, African Buffalo, Buffle d'Afrique,African buffalo, African buffalo

Features:It has a broad chest, strong limbs, a large head with long horns, and a fringe of hair at the tip of its tail.

African buffalo (scientific name: Syncerus caffer) is called African Buffalo in English and Buffle d'Afrique in French. There are 5 subspecies.African buffalo is a herd animal. Only old or injured individuals will be alone. The strongest bull in the herd becomes the leader of the herd, commandin...

Crocodylus porosus

Crocodylus porosus

Estuarine Crocodile,Salt-water Crocodile,Sea crocodile, saltwater crocodile, hoole, man-eating crocodile, estuarine crocodile, Malayan crocodile, naked neck crocodile

Features:It is the largest reptile in the world and also the animal with the strongest bite force, which can reach 1905KG.

Saltwater crocodile (scientific name: Crocodylus porosus) is also known as Estuarine Crocodile and Salt-water Crocodile in foreign languages. It has no subspecies. The epithet “Porosus” means “porous”. Since the saltwater crocodile is the only crocodile in the order Crocodilia that does not have...

poisondartfrog

poisondartfrog

poisondartfrog,poison dart frog, poison dart frog, poison javelin frog

Anura LC

Features:It is the most beautiful frog in the world, but also one of the most poisonous species.

The scientific name of the poison dart frog is poisondartfrog. It is the most beautiful frog in the world and also one of the most poisonous species.Generally speaking, poison dart frogs feed on insects such as fruit flies, crickets, ants, and spiders.Poison dart frogs have special parenting behavio...

Naja naja

Naja naja

Naja naja

Features:The stripes on the back look like a smiling face

The Indian cobra (Latin name: Naja naja) is a species of snake in the genus Naja of the family Elapidae, and is also an important representative species in the genus Naja. The keyword "Naja" in the scientific name of this snake species and the entire genus Naja comes from the snake god &qu...

Eleginus gracilis

Eleginus gracilis

Eleginus gracilis,cod, bighead cod, bighead fish, bighead fish, pollack

Features:Known as "gold in the sea" and "nutritionist on the table" in Europe

The scientific name of cod is Eleginus gracilis. It is a kind of deep-sea fish and one of the economic edible fish. There are 9 species, namely: silver cod, Pacific cod, Atlantic cod, haddock, blue cod, green cod, haddock, Norwegian cod, and pollock.Cod is a cold-water fish in the middle and lower l...

Danaus plexippus

Danaus plexippus

Danaus plexippus,Great Birch Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly, Black-veined Birch Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly

Features:Known as the most beautiful butterfly in the world, it is the only migratory butterfly on earth.

The Monarch Butterfly (scientific name: Danaus plexippus) is a large butterfly that is very common in North America. In Australia, this butterfly is called the Wanderer Bufferfly, which is also a very common butterfly. There are 2 subspecies.The Monarch Butterfly is probably the most well-known butt...

Rana luteiventris

Rana luteiventris

Rana luteiventris ,Columbia spotted frog

Anura LC

Features:Green to brown in color with spots on the back

Columbia spotted frog is a species of North American frog.Columbia spotted frog is also known for some of its physical features. It has a long, narrow, upturned eye. Considered a highly aquatic amphibian, the webbed feet extend all the way to the end of its longest toe. When compared to other frogs...

Latrodectus

Latrodectus

Latrodectus,black widow,Spider

Features:It is extremely toxic, and the whole body is poisonous, including the legs, abdomen, ovaries, etc. People who inhale it are very likely to be poisoned

The scientific name of the black widow spider is Latrodectus, and its foreign name is black widow. Because the female of this spider bites the male partner to death immediately after mating, the people call it "black widow".Black widow spiders usually live in temperate or tropical re...

Lanius

Lanius

Lanius,Brown Shirk,Butcher Bird,Butcher bird, Hubula, quail, shrike, shrike, shrike

Features:It has a ferocious temperament and is known as the "bird of prey among birds".

Brown Shirk or Butcher Bird (scientific name Lanius) is a small carnivorous bird, most of which are migratory birds in my country. .The most common species are red-tailed shrike, tiger-striped shrike, brown-backed shrike, and gray shrike. Shrikes are smaller than robins, with gray or light brown fea...

Pan troglodytes

Pan troglodytes

Pan troglodytes,Chimpanzee,gorilla

Features:It is the most intelligent animal known after humans.

Chimpanzees (scientific name: Pan troglodytes) are called Chimpanzees in foreign languages. There are 4 subspecies. The nominate subspecies is also called the black-faced chimpanzee. It has a lighter face and becomes bald in old age. The male has very little beard. It is found in Congo, Gabon, Camer...