Animals by Scientific Class Names

Sand Lazi, small Lazi, sturgeon, sturgeon, Yangtze sturgeon

Features：One of the three species of sturgeons in China's Yangtze River (extinct in the wild)

Acipenser dabryanus is a type of sturgeon. It is one of the precious large fish species unique to my country, and its external morphology is similar to that of the Chinese sturgeon. It is one of the three types of sturgeons living in the Yangtze River (Acipenser dabryanus, Chinese sturgeon, and Chin...

Hainan hedgehog

Features：Hedgehog without thorns

The Hainan New Hairy Hedgehog is similar in appearance to the hairy hedgehog and the shrew hedgehog, and similar to the species of the genus Helminthus, all have shorter tails, hence the name "New Hairy Hedgehog".The Hainan New Hairy Hedgehog is the only living species of the genus Helmint...

Antelope, gazelle, goitered gazelle, long-tailed gazelle

Features：The throat becomes larger when in heat

The goitered gazelle is a typical animal that lives in desert and semi-desert areas. It is shaped like a gazelle and is good at running. The male gazelle's throat is enlarged during the estrus period, resembling a goose's throat, hence the name "goitered gazelle". The swelling of t...

Tibetan donkey, wild horse

Features：Like to race with cars

The Tibetan wild donkey is a unique animal on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is the only wild donkey species in the world and a national first-class protected animal.If you drive into Tibet or go to Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai and other high-altitude mountainous areas where Tibetan wild donkeys are acti...

Yellow sheep, beach yellow sheep, beach gazelle, horned gazelle

Features：The most endangered ungulate species in the world

In 1875, Russian naturalist Przewalski discovered this animal unique to China on the Ordos grassland in Inner Mongolia, China, but he always mistakenly thought it was a Tibetan gazelle. It was not until 13 years later that it was officially named "Przewalski's gazelle". However, in his...

Tibetan antelope, long-horned sheep

Features：Pantholops hodgsonii are a species unique to China and are known as the "plateau elves".

In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the mascot Fuwa Yingying is a cute Tibetan antelope.The origin of the Tibetan antelope provides an interesting example of an endemic species on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, whose ancestors can be traced back to the late Miocene. In the Qaidam Basin in the northern Qi...

Musk deer, musk deer, mountain musk deer

Features：Musk deer are now a first-class protected wild animal in China

I have heard that musk deer are the best medicine in the world. As long as musk deer live in the forest, the air and water will be purified, and any human or animal living in or around the forest will not suffer from disease.The musk deer is suspicious by nature. When it moves, it always looks...

Japanese spider crab, giant crab, giant spider crab, Gan's giant crab, Gan's giant crab, tall crab

Features：The world's largest crustacean looks a lot like a giant venomous spider

The Japanese spider crab is the largest crab in the world, and also the largest crustacean and arthropod in the world. It is a strange creature living in the southeastern coastal waters of Japan, and is also the prototype of the so-called "killer crab" in domestic rumors. This largest know...

Giant North Pacific Octopus

Features：They have a short lifespan, but are very fertile, and can lay up to 100,000 eggs.

As a representative of invertebrates, the octopus has a soft body and a hard mouth. The Pacific giant octopus is the largest one among them. The largest North Pacific giant octopus discovered so far weighs 554 kilograms and has a wingspan of 9.8 meters. It is considered the largest octopus in the wo...

Zhenghaixing

Features：Not every starfish is called "Patrick's Star."

Tumor starfish have extraordinary regenerative abilities. If a predator attacks them and they lose their arms, they can regrow the missing parts. They usually have 5 arms, but have been found with 4 or 6 arms, which may occur because more than one arm was damaged at the same time....

Arapaima, walrus fish, elephant fish, frigate dragon, giant dragon

Features：One of the largest freshwater fish in the world.

There is a kind of big fish in South America that is not afraid of piranhas. Not only that, they eat piranhas. This big fish that can easily prey on piranhas is the Arapaima, also known as the walrus fish.Arapaima is a remnant of ancient freshwater fish, which is estimated to have appeared 100 milli...

Alligator gar, ghost rocket, lucky crocodile, giant gar, malleus gar, crocodile rocket

Features：It is a prehistoric fish that has lived on Earth for more than 100 million years.

The alligator gar is named for its short snout like an alligator and two rows of dagger-like teeth. It is the largest of the seven existing species of North American gar. It is a prehistoric fish that has lived on Earth for more than 100 million years. Fossils date back to the Upper Cretaceous. In a...

Garden Eel,Heteroconger eel

Features：Extremely timid, might even be frightened to death.

Heteroconger eels live in groups of hundreds (sometimes thousands) of individuals. The largest males usually live in the center of the group, positioning themselves in the best spots to build a home and get food. When they are not hiding, these fish sway like leaves of seaweed, hence the name "...

Whale shark, whale shark, tofu shark, big stupid shark

Features：The largest fish in the world.

The whale shark is the largest shark and the largest fish. It is named whale shark because of its huge whale-like body. The largest whale shark scientifically recorded is 12.65 meters long, which is equivalent to the length of 3.5 Mini Cooper cars. (Guinness World Record)At this time, some friends w...

Manta ray, coral reef manta ray, devil ray, flying bream, eagle bream

Features：Manta arachni is a species of ray and one of the largest rays in the world (the second largest ray after Manta birostris).

The appearance of the Aversonis manta ray is very similar to that of the birostris manta ray, and their distribution areas overlap, so they are often confused. But there are still some differences between the two. The black and white pattern on the back of the Aries manta is not clearly defined, so...

Scalloped hammerhead shark, red hammerhead shark, scalloped shark, hammerhead shark, double-breasted shark

Features：The third largest hammerhead shark in existence.

The eyes and nostrils of the scalloped hammerhead shark are located on the left and right sides of the head. Unlike other hammerhead sharks, the front end of the hammerhead-shaped head of the scalloped hammerhead shark has three obvious round tooth-like indentations. Its peculiar head shape may incr...

Chinese giant salamander, Chinese baby fish, giant salamander

Features：The earliest fossil in the world was unearthed in Inner Mongolia, China, about 165 million years ago, so the Chinese giant salamander can be called a living fossil.

You may not know much about the Chinese giant salamander, but you must have heard of its alias, the giant salamander. This thing has a long history and is one of the living fossils.The earliest giant salamander fossil in the world was unearthed in Inner Mongolia, China. The fossil is 165 million yea...

black-rimmed toad, toad, clam

Features：The toad in common sayings mostly refers to the black-spotted toad (in Taiwan it also refers to the Pangu toad).

In 2006, the phylogenetic study of amphibians readjusted the original genus Bufo, and the black-rimmed toad was classified into a new genus Duttaphrynus, with the scientific name Duttaphrynus melanostictus, but the more common old name Bufo melanostictus is still used on the IUCN Red List.The main r...

Oriental Salamander, Chinese Fire Dragon, Brazilian Fire Dragon

Features：Contains tetrodotoxin.

The appearance of the Oriental Salamander is similar to that of the Blue-tailed Salamander (Cynops cyanurus), but the Oriental Salamander has a flat or slightly raised back; the skin is smoother, the palms are prominent or not prominent; there is no orange-red spot below the eyes; the front half of...

African clawed frog, smooth clawed frog, African clawed frog

Features：Aquatic frog without a tongue.

The African clawed frog is an aquatic frog in South Africa and an important model organism.The African clawed frog has two faces: "angel and devil". In the medical community of the last century, it was praised as the "frog prince" and benefited countless women. It takes about 1-2...

Aldabra giant tortoise, Seychelles giant tortoise, Darding giant tortoise, Arnold's giant tortoise

Features：The second largest tortoise in the world.

This tortoise was discovered by humans more than 400 years ago. At that time, people did not realize that it was a long-lived animal. It was not until the most famous Aldabra tortoise, Advita, appeared that people began to study the age of tortoises. The Sanskrit meaning o...