Animals by Scientific Class Names

Crocuta crocuta,Spotted Hyaena,Spotted Hyena

Features：It can compete with lions and is the most vocal mammal in Africa.

Spotted hyena (scientific name: Crocuta crocuta), also known as spotted hyena, is a member of the genus Crocuta and family Hyaenidae.The spotted hyena was first formally described by German naturalist Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben in 1777. The ancient Greek root of the name was used by Pliny th...

Civettictis civetta

Features：Unlike other civets, it is not cat-like, but rather more like a short dog.

The African civet (scientific name: Civettictis civetta) is a civet in tropical Africa.The African civet is the largest representative of the African civet family. It is the only member of its genus. African civets are found in sub-Saharan Africa and most of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. They...

Teinopalpus aureus

Features：The golden-spotted swallowtail butterfly has a graceful flying posture, like a gorgeous, noble and radiant "lady", so it is called the "Queen of Butterflies" and is a precious butterfly species in the world.

As a unique treasure of China, the Golden Swallowtail is known as the "national butterfly" and the "pride of butterflies". It is precious and rare. It is the only butterfly in China that is under national first-class protection. It ranks first among the eight precious butterflies...

Paguma larvata,Masked Palm Civet,Civet cat, white nose heart, hairy mouse, white eyebrow, five-faced civet cat, white nose dog, Qingjie, etc.

Features：It is named after the wide white facial line from the back edge of the nose through the center of the face to the top of the forehead.

Paguma larvata (scientific name: Masked Palm Civet) is a carnivorous animal of the family Viverridae and the genus Paguma. It has 16 subspecies and is commonly known as the palm civet.Paguma larvata lives in a family, often male and female, old and young, living in the same cave. They often move in...

Fossa fossana,Spotted Fanaloka,Malagasy civet, Malagasy civet, Malagasy civet

Features：Looks and acts like a fox

The Spotted Fanaloka (scientific name: Fossa fossana) is also called the Spotted Fanaloka, but it is not a cat. It is called the Spotted Fanaloka because some of its characteristics are similar to those of cats after it evolved to adapt to the jungle living environment. In the past, it was classifie...

Eupleres goudotii,Small-toothed mongoose, sharp-nosed civet, anteater

Features：It looks like a mongoose, with a long snout and a low body, but is plain brown in color.

The small-toothed mongoose (scientific name: Eupleres goudotii), also known as the small-toothed mongoose or sharp-nosed civet, is classified under the subfamily Myrmecophaga with its close relative, the Madagascar civet. It is only 50 cm long and has a 24 cm long tail. It is almost entirely insecti...

Egretta garzetta,Great Egret, Middle Egret, Little Egret, Yellow-billed Egret

Features：

Egrets are a general term for medium-sized wading birds of the genus Egretta. There are 13 species of birds in the genus Egretta, including the great egret, the middle egret, the little egret and the yellow-billed egret, all of which have all-white feathers and are commonly called "egrets"...

Cryptoprocta ferox,Fossa, Hidden Anal Civet, Hidden Spirit Cat

Features：It looks like a puma, has a dog-like mouth, short fur, and is brown and shiny all over.

The mongoose (scientific name: Cryptoprocta ferox) is called Fossa in foreign language, and has no subspecies.The nests of the mongoose are hidden, and they are mainly active at night or at dusk, although they are occasionally observed during the day. They are solitary by nature, and usually act alo...

Panthera onca，Jaguar,Jaguar, jaguar

Features：It has a leopard-like appearance and pattern, a tiger-like body, a shorter tail, and tumor-like protrusions on the inside of its eye sockets.

The scientific name of the jaguar is Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758), and its foreign name is Jaguar, also known as the jaguar. It is the third largest cat species in existence.Jaguars live in water-rich areas and, like tigers, are cats that love to swim. Jaguars love to travel alone, are dormant pre...

Tigon

Features：The beast has a tiger's head, a lion's mane, and a tiger's body.

Tigon (English name Tigon) is a hybrid of a male tiger and a female lion. It is congenitally weak and more precious than a liger.The successful conception rate between lions and tigers is only 1%~2%! However, the survival rate of ligers is higher than that of tigons. The survival rate of ligers is 1...

Panthera leo × tigris,liger

Features：It looks like a lion, but has tiger stripes on its body.

Liger (scientific name: Panthera leo×tigris), also known as liger in English, is the offspring of a lion and a tiger. It is huge in size. Like lions and tigers, it is a member of the genus Panthera in the family Felidae. It looks similar to a lion, but has tiger stripes on its body.The world's...

Golden Tiger，Strawberry Tiger

Features：Golden background with brown stripes, but the stripes are lighter. Wild populations are extinct.

The golden tiger is a golden variant of the Bengal tiger. It is golden with black stripes. It is extinct in the wild and is even rarer than the snow tiger. It is a rare animal in the world.In some legends, stories and blessings, there are often sayings such as "Golden Tiger Happy New Year"...

Pure White Tiger

Features：The whole body is white, without stripes, and the wild population is extinct

Pure white tigers, as the name suggests, are all white without any stripes. There have only been two pure white Bengal tigers in the world, and wild pure white tigers are now extinct.Pure white tigers live alone and are nocturnal. They mainly feed on ungulates. There is no fixed breeding season. The...

Snow Tiger

Features：The whole body is snow-white, and the stripes are very light in color

The snow tiger is the result of further mutation of the white tiger gene, with a probability of one in 100,000. It is a silver-white variant of the Bengal tiger, a rare animal in the world. There are only dozens of them in zoos around the world.The snow tiger's fur is whiter than the white tiger...

Bengal White Tiger,Bengal Tiger (white),Bengal white tiger, white tiger Bengal white tiger, white tiger

Features：A variation of the Bengal tiger, with white fur and black, gray or chocolate stripes

The albino Bengal tiger (English name: Bengal White Tiger) is also known as the Bengal white tiger, or "white tiger" for short. It is a variant of the Bengal tiger. Due to a genetic mutation, the Bengal tiger's original orange-yellow hair with black stripes has turned into a white-base...

Panthera tigris virgata，Persian tiger, Xinjiang tiger, Caucasian tiger, Turan tiger, West Asian tiger, Central Asian tiger, Black Sea tiger

Features：Second in size only to the Siberian tiger and the Bengal tiger, now extinct

The Caspian tiger (Latin name: Panthera tigris virgata) is the third largest subspecies of tiger, second only to the Siberian tiger and the Bengal tiger. It became extinct in China in 1916, and then successively became extinct in West Asia and Central Asia, and became extinct in the 1980s.The Caspia...

Panthera tigris tigris,Bengal Tiger,Indian tiger, Bhutan tiger, Royal Bengal tiger

Features：It is the most numerous and widely distributed tiger subspecies in the world.

Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), also known as Bengal Tiger, is a nominative subspecies of tiger, also known as Indian tiger, and is the most numerous and widely distributed tiger subspecies in the world.The habitat of Bengal tigers is relatively wide. The territory of a tiger ranges from doze...

Panthera tigris ssp. sumatrae,Sumatran Tiger

Features：Has the darkest fur of all tigers, with narrower stripes than other tiger subspecies

The Sumatran tiger (scientific name: Panthera tigris ssp. sumatrae), also known as the Sumatran Tiger in English, is the smallest subspecies of the same species of tiger.The main food of the Sumatran tiger is sambar deer, wild boar, porcupine, crocodile, baby rhinoceros and baby elephant. Unlike che...

Panthera tigris sondaica,Javan Tiger

Features：The most recently extinct tiger

The Javan tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) is a species of tiger that once lived on the island of Java in Indonesia. It has been extinct since the 1980s. Although there are still reports of sightings, none of them have been confirmed. The Javan tiger is the third subspecies of tiger living in Indone...

Panthera tigris jacksoni，Malayan Tiger，Malayan tiger, Malaysian tiger

Features：It is the third smallest tiger, slightly larger than the Sumatran tiger and the Bali tiger.

The Malayan tiger (scientific name: Panthera tigris jacksoni) is the third smallest tiger, slightly larger than the Sumatran tiger and the Bali tiger, and equivalent to the average weight of an African lioness. The Malayan tiger is a newly confirmed tiger subspecies in 2004. It is distributed in Mal...

Panthera tigris corbetti,Indochinese tiger, Corbett tiger

Features：Compared to other tigers, it has darker fur and shorter, narrower stripes.

The Indochinese tiger has the ability to camouflage itself in tall grass and trees and is a solitary animal. They have a strong sense of territory and their sociality only occurs during the mating season. Others of the same sex are not allowed in their territory.The Indochinese tiger is a carnivore...