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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.

Castor

Castor

Castor,beaver

Rodents LC

Features:Bit off a tree with a diameter of 40cm within 2 hours

Beaver is called Eurasian Beaver in English, and there are 7 subspecies.Beavers are active at night and rarely leave their holes during the day. They are good at swimming and diving and do not hibernate. Beavers have a unique ability to build dams. Wherever beavers live or have lived, there is a pon...

Capracornis swinhoei

Capracornis swinhoei

Capracornis swinhoei,Taiwan serow,Formosan goat, Formosan wild goat

Features:It is a specialty of Taiwan Island, China

Taiwan serow is called Taiwan serow in English, and has no subspecies. The Taiwan serow is smaller in size and more similar to the goral (Naemorhedus goral) than the mainland's serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), with brown hair, shorter mane than the mainland serow, but more erect, with a light c...

Capricornis rubidus

Capricornis rubidus

Capricornis rubidus,Capricornis sumatraensis Blyth, 1863 ssp. rubidus ,Red Serow,Burmese Red Serow,Arakan Serow , Roter Serau , Saro carmin, saro rouge , Sirao rojo,Serau rojo, serau de Birmania,Red S

Features:Newly recorded mammal species in China

Red Serow, with no subspecies, is a separate species of the genus Serow in the family Bovidae of the order Artiodactylus.The red fur appearance of the Red Serow is easily distinguished from other black, gray or dark brown species of the genus Serow. However, some experts believe that the population...

Mergus squamatus

Mergus squamatus

Scaly-sided Merganser,Mergus squamatus,Chinese Merganser,Scaly-sided Merganser

Features:A species endemic to China, with red beak and legs

The Chinese merganser is a winter guest in Suzhou, China. In late autumn, it migrates from the north to the reed ponds in the Taihu Lake Basin to avoid the cold and overwinter. Usually, the Chinese merganser moves in a family manner and only gathers in large groups before migration. They merge with...

Capricornis milneedwardsii

Capricornis milneedwardsii

Capricornis milneedwardsii,Chinese Serow,Four-legged beast, Sumatran serow

Features:The prototype of the ancient "Sky Horse"

Chinese Serow, also known as Chinese Serow in English, has two subspecies and is one of the typical animals in the tropical and subtropical regions of southeast Asia.The horns of the Chinese serow look like a deer, but it is not a deer; the hooves look like a cow, but it is not a cow; the head looks...

Ovis polii

Ovis polii

Ovis polii,Ovis poli typica Lydekker,Ovis ammon poli Blyth,Pamir Sheep,Marco Polo Sheep

Features:It has the longest horns of all argali sheep. The longest individual horn ever recorded is 1.9 meters long and weighs 27 kilograms.

Pamir Sheep, also known as Pamir Sheep, was once a subspecies of argali.The Pamir argali subspecies "Ovis ammon polii" was first scientifically described by zoologist "Edward Blyth" in 1841. These argali are also commonly referred to as "Marco Polo argali" or "Pami...

Ovis karelini

Ovis karelini

Ovis karelini

Features:The characteristics of the horns are between those of the Pamir argali and the Altai argali

Tian Shan Argali, once the Tianshan subspecies of Argali.The Tianshan argali is generally considered to be the Tianshan subspecies of the argali (Ovis ammon). The Ungulate Taxonomy co-authored by British scholar Peter Grubb and Australian scholar Colin Groves The 2019 edition of the Convention...

Ovis hodgsoni

Ovis hodgsoni

Ovis hodgsoni,Tibetan argali,Tibetan sheep, Dalai Lama argali, Altun Mountain argali, white-breasted argali, Tibetan argali, big monk argali

Features:The largest of all argali subspecies

Tibetan argali, also known as Tibetan argali in English, is a typical mountain animal and was once a subspecies of argali.The scientific Latin name of the Tibetan argali, one of its synonymous scientific names "Ovis ammon dalai-lamae" (also formerly "Argallo Altun Mountain subspecies&...

Ovis darwini

Ovis darwini

Ovis darwini,Mongolian argali, Argali mongolica

Features:The horns are the shortest of all the Asiatic mouflon

The Gobi argali is named Ovis darwini, and was once a subspecies of argali.The Gobi argali is generally considered to be a Gobi subspecies of the argali (Ovis ammon). It is considered an independent species in the book Ungulate Taxonomy co-authored by British scholar Peter Grubb and Australian schol...

Ovis collium

Ovis collium

Ovis collium,Kasachstan Argali,Ovis ammon collium

Features:Formerly a subspecies of the argali

Kazakh Argali, also known as Kasachstan Argali, was once a species of Argali.Kazakh Argali was once considered a subspecies of Ovis ammon. The 2019 edition of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) considers it an independent species, and China...

Ovis ammon ammon

Ovis ammon ammon

Ovis ammon ammon,Altai Argali wild sheep,Altai Argali,Argali sheep, Altai argali, Siberian argali, Altai sheep

Features:The world's largest wild argali sheep, with an average horn length of 1.5 meters

Altai Argali wild sheep is a typical mountain animal.The 2011 "Handbook of World Mammals" (THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD) identified the nine subspecies of argali as nine different species. The February 25, 2021 edition of China's "National Key Protected Wildlife List" also adopte...

Pseudois nayaur

Pseudois nayaur

Pseudois nayaur,Yayang, Banyang, Shiyang, Qingyang, Mountain Sheep, Argali, Lanyang, Qianna, Nawa, Gongna

Features:The sheep that is best at "flying over eaves and walls"

Blue Sheep, also known as Blue Sheep in English, has two subspecies. Its shape is between sheep and goats, and its appearance does have some characteristics of both types of sheep. In terms of body shape, Blue Sheep is very similar to sheep, but its horns are not spiraled, but similar to those of go...

Capra sibirica

Capra sibirica

Capra sibirica,Siberian Ibex,Íbice asiático,Asiatischer Steinbock, Sibirischer Steinbock,Yangir Yamaa,Siberian ibex, Asian antelope, red sheep, hanging sheep, Himalayan goat, Asiatic wild goat

Features:The goat with the longest horns in the world

The Siberian Ibex, with four subspecies, is a typical wild goat.Siberian Ibex is active at dawn and dusk and likes to move in groups. They are very good at climbing and jumping. Their hooves are very solid, with flexible heel joints and pliers-like toes, which enable them to run freely among the ste...

Hemitragus jemlahicus

Hemitragus jemlahicus

Hemitragus jemlahicus,Himalayan Tahr,Long-wool sheep, Tahr sheep

Features:It was discovered in my country in 1974.

The Himalayan Tahr sheep has three subspecies. In the first half of 1974, Cai Guiquan, Wang Zuxiang from the Qinghai Provincial Institute of Biology and Cao Junhe from the Beijing Natural History Museum first discovered the Himalayan Tahr sheep in the Quxiang area of the Boqu River Valley in the Tib...

Naemorhedus griseus

Naemorhedus griseus

Naemorhedus griseus,Chinese Goral、Long-tailed goral,South China goral, gray goral, North China goral, Siberian goral, Sichuan goral

Features:They are alert by nature, with extremely keen vision and hearing.

Chinese Goral, also known as Chinese Goral in English, has two subspecies and is a typical forest-dwelling mammal.From the name, the Chinese goral seems to be an animal unique to my country, but in fact they are not only distributed in my country, but also in India, Thailand, Myanmar and other count...

Grey Goral

Grey Goral

Grey Goral,Himalayan Goral

Features:It is the earliest species in the genus Goral to be named.

Grey Goral, also known as the Himalayan Goral, has two subspecies and is a typical forest-dwelling mammal.Female and juvenile Himalayan Gorals cover an area of 40 hectares. Solitary males cover an area of 22-25 hectares. They rely on vision and hearing to perceive the surrounding environment. Acute...

Trichiurus lepturus

Trichiurus lepturus

Trichiurus lepturus,Largehead hairtail, skirt fish, fat fish, oil fish, tooth fish, mullet

Features:It is one of the four major seafoods in China, along with large yellow croaker, small yellow croaker and cuttlefish.

The hairtail fish along the coast of my country can be divided into two categories: southern and northern. The northern hairtail fish are larger than the southern hairtail fish. They hibernate in the southern Yellow Sea, swim to the Bohai Sea in spring, forming a spring fish season, and return to th...

Salmo salar

Salmo salar

Salmo salar,Kennebec salmon、Sebago salmon,Northern trout, king salmon, hunchback, salmon, mackerel, salmon, salmon

Features:The meat is delicious and nutritious, and the eggs are also the best raw material for caviar. It is known as the "King of the Ice Sea" in the international food industry.

There are more than 30 species of salmon with commercial value. The most common ones are 2 types of trout (salmon trout and golden trout) and 4 types of salmon (Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon, Arctic white char, and silver salmon).Salmon is a cold-water fish. Originally inhabiting the northern Paci...

Tuna

Tuna

Tuna, bluefin tuna, elephant fish, swordfish, bluefin tuna

Features:The meat of tuna is similar to beef and is purple-red in color. It has a high hemoglobin content, is low in fat and high in protein, so it has high nutritional value.

Tuna (formerly translated as Asian winter fish in Portuguese in Macau) swims fast, with an instantaneous speed of up to 160 kilometers per hour and an average speed of about 60-80 kilometers per hour. The flesh of tuna is red, which is due to the large amount of myoglobin contained in the muscles of...

Paramesotriton chinensis

Paramesotriton chinensis

Paramesotriton chinensis,Chinese Warty Newt,Water monk, baby salamander, bone-dissolving pill

Urodela LC

Features:Possessing distinct characteristics of cold-blooded animals

The Chinese newt lives in slow-flowing mountain streams or wet grass and gravel bottoms covered with rotten leaves beside the stream. Sometimes it swims to the surface to breathe air, and often lands in the grass in rainy weather. It mainly preys on small animals such as water earthworms, click beet...

Paramesotriton deloustali

Paramesotriton deloustali

Paramesotriton deloustali,Beibu Gulf newt, De's newt

Urodela LC

Features:Large and fat

Habitat: This species inhabits small and medium-sized streams in low-altitude mountainous areas and evergreen forests. It can also be found in small ponds and artificial pools. The water temperature in winter and early spring is basically stable at around 11 degrees Celsius.Habits: This species is m...