Animals by Scientific Class Names

Aythya affinis，Lesser Scaup

Features：It rarely sings and is a deep-water bird that is good at diving by folding its wings.

The Lesser Pochard is a migratory bird that forms a flock of 25-50 birds when migrating. Most of the wintering migration flight routes are through the central Mississippi, along Mexico and Florida to the Gulf Coast. Some go to Central America, the Caribbean and northern Colombia, and a few winter mi...

Morning Duck，Histrionicus histrionicus，Harlequin Duck，Harlequin

Features：It has very colorful feathers, resembling the colorful character in Italian pantomime - the harlequin, hence the name.

The ugly duck lives and inhabits streams, deep recesses between rocks and bushes, and tree holes. In spring, it migrates to the northern breeding grounds from May to early June, and in autumn, it migrates to the wintering grounds from mid-to-late September to mid-to-late October, often in small grou...

Stenella clymene,Short-snouted Spinner Dolphin,Clementine's dolphin, helmeted dolphin, spotted dolphin

Features：A new species produced by long-term hybridization between the long-beaked spinner dolphin and the striped dolphin

Short-snouted Spinner Dolphin, with no subspecies, is a deep-water species in the ocean.Differences between similar species: The short-beaked spinner dolphin is thicker than the long-beaked (spinner) dolphin (Stenella longirostris), and its dorsal fin is less triangular; in addition, as its name sug...

Stenella coeruleoalba,Striped dolphin,Blue and white dolphin, blue and white dolphin, striped dolphin

Features：A dolphin with spray-marked hair that excels at mid-air tail turns

Striped dolphin, with no subspecies, is a common dolphin in the Pacific Ocean.Striped dolphin has the habit of living in the ocean. They often move in groups of dozens to hundreds, and there are also large groups of thousands of them; in the Western Pacific, the groups can be divided into: juvenile...

Stenella attenuata,Pantropical spotted dolphin,Tropical spotted dolphin, weak dolphin, white-beaked dolphin

Features：Spots on the skin that darken with age

Pantropical spotted dolphin, with two subspecies, may be the most common cetacean.Pantropical spotted dolphin is a social animal, swimming in groups of a few to thousands, with more members in offshore groups than in coastal groups. In Japanese waters, 2-year-old dolphins will join other dolphins un...

Steno bredanensis,Rough-toothed dolphin,Long-beaked dolphin, wrinkled-toothed dolphin

Features：There are vertical fine wrinkles or ridges on the tooth surface, which is the origin of the Chinese name "rough teeth"

Rough-toothed dolphin, a dolphin with special teeth.Rough-toothed dolphins usually form a "pod" (a term for groups of dolphins, seals or whales) of 10 to 30, and there are also "pods" of up to 160, which contain 8 smaller groups. Occasionally swims with pilot whales, bottlenose d...

Platanista gangetica gangetica,Ganges River Dolphin,White puffer fish, Goto puffer fish

Features：The dolphin was blinded by the muddy river water.

The Ganges River Dolphin is a nominative subspecies of the South Asian river dolphin.The Ganges River Dolphin looks like a crocodile. When breathing, it often floats to the surface at a certain angle, so it may be mistaken for a crocodile in some areas. The entire head and beak of the Ganges River d...

Lipotes vexillifer,Baiji, Yangtze River Dolphin,Baiji,zhú (ancient name), Baiji, Chinese finless porpoise, Baiji dolphin

Features：In ancient Chinese literature, the Baiji dolphin is often used as a symbol of beauty and kindness.

The scientific name of the Baiji dolphin is Lipotes vexillifer, and its foreign name is Baiji. There is no subspecies. "Ji" is pronounced as "jì", and the media often writes it as "baiji dolphin". It is a small freshwater whale unique to China.The Baiji dolphin diverge...

Megaptera novaeangliae,Humpback whale,Humpback whale, humpback whale, saw-armed whale, saw-armed whale

Features：Humpback whales have extraordinary navigation abilities and will not deviate more than 5 degrees from their migratory route.

Humpback whale is not the largest whale in the world, but it is also a well-deserved giant in the ocean.Humpback whales mostly move in pairs, are gentle in temperament, and have a strong attachment to their companions. Every year, they migrate regularly from north to south: in summer, they migrate t...

Balaenoptera physalus,Fin Whale,Finback whale, baleen whale, razorback whale, herring whale, fin whale

Features：The second largest animal in the world

Fin whales are one of the fastest whales, with a speed of up to 37 kilometers per hour, and a record high of 40 kilometers per hour. They are known as the "greyhound of the deep sea".Fin whales use their baleen to filter food and then swallow it. Their food includes small fish, squid and c...

Balaenoptera omurai,Omura whale

Features：The rarest whale species on Earth

Omura's whale is a medium-sized whale that looks very similar to a fin whale, but is much smaller than a fin whale.Omura's whale was not confirmed and named until 2003. Because the type specimen was stranded on Tsukushima Island in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, it is commonl...

Balaenoptera brydei,Bryde's whale,Anchovy, Pseudomonas auratus

Features：The most distinctive feature is the three parallel longitudinal ridges on the head

Bryde's whale, also known as Bryde's whale in English, has no subspecies and is the only baleen whale that lives in tropical or subtropical areas all year round.Bryde's whale is very similar to Sei whale, the main difference is that Sei whale has a ridge on each side of the central ridge...

Balaenoptera borealis,Sei whale, baleen whale, northern baleen whale, great baleen whale, cod whale

Features：Fast swimmers, possibly the fastest of all whales

Sei whales are called Sei whales in foreign languages and have two subspecies.The body shape of Sei whales is similar to that of fin whales, Bryde's whales and small Bryde's whales, and the shape of their dorsal fins is also similar. The main distinguishing feature is that the sei whale has...

Balaenoptera acutorostrata,Minke Whale、Common Minke Whale,Minke whale, Sharp-billed whale

Features：Mother whales are very attached to their calves, and they seem to protect their calves.

Minke Whale has two subspecies and is a small baleen whale of the genus Mysticetus.Minke Whale has 230 to 273 baleen pieces on each side. According to statistics of 38 individuals, the average is 253 pieces. The length of the entire whisker row is about 60% of the length of the skull. The whisker pl...

Balaenoptera musculus,Balaena musculus Linnaeus,Blue Whale, Baleine bleue,Ballena Azul,Blauwal, Razorback whale, Sulphur bottom whale, Sibud's whale, Seba's baleen whale, Great blue whale, G

Features：The largest animal in the world

The blue whale is called Blue Whale in English. There are 4 subspecies. It is not only the largest whale, but also the largest animal in existence and the largest mammal to date.The species name of the blue whale, musculus, comes from Latin, which means "strong", but can also be translated...

Eschrichtius robustus,gray whale,Whale killer, shell digger, weak whale

Features：The mammal species with the longest migration distance

Gray whale is also known as gray whale in English. Its body circumference is larger than that of baleen whales, but smaller than that of right whales.On the North American side of the Pacific Ocean, gray whales pass through the Bering Strait and the northwest Bering Sea from late May to late October...

Eubalaena japonica,North Pacific right whale, black right whale, black right whale

Features：The body circumference is thick, and the ratio of body circumference to body length is significantly greater than that of other types of baleen whales.

The North Pacific right whale has no subspecies.For a long time, cetaceans believed that right whales in the northern and southern hemispheres were two species: the northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) and the southern right whale (Eubalaena australis). Rice (1998) advocated that the genus Eub...

Lepus yarkandensis,Southern Xinjiang rabbit, Shache rabbit, hare

Features：It is a unique species in the Tarim Basin and a remnant species of the Tarim paleo-block.

The Tarim rabbit is called Yarkandhare in English and is a typical desert species.After the Himalayas rose, the Kunlun, Altai and Qilian Mountains rose strongly, and after being connected with the Eurasian continental block, the land area increased, blocking the Indian Ocean warm current, and the cl...

Lepus timidus,Mountain hare,White rabbit, color-changing rabbit, blue rabbit

Features：It is the only wild rabbit in China whose fur turns white in winter.

The snow hare is called Mountain hare in English, and there are 25 subspecies.Snow hares generally act alone except during the estrus period. During the day, it hides in simple caves under bushes, hollows and fallen trees, which are covered with dead branches and leaves and its own shed hair. It com...

Ochotona argentata,Ningxia pika

Features：It is a larger species of Chinese pika.

Helan Mountain Pika, also known as Ningxia Pika, English name Silver Pika, is a species endemic to China.Helan Mountain Pika is active during the day, active frequently at dawn and dusk, and will build typical pika haystacks. It mainly feeds on leaves and stems of Artemisia, Euphorbia and Poaceae pl...

Sciuridae,Squirrel,Tree Rat

Features：A squirrel with a big furry tail that chews pine cones

Squirrels, belonging to the family Sciuridae of the order Rodentia, refer to a large class of rodents with fluffy long hair on their tails. There are about 58 genera and 285 species in existence, distributed throughout all continents except Antarctica (introduced species in Oceania). Contrary to mos...