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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.

Trachypithecus francoisi

Trachypithecus francoisi

Black monkey, black leaf monkey, monkey hanging monkey, rock spider monkey

Features:The black leaf monkey is large, thin, with slender limbs and a particularly long tail that is longer than the head and body. The head is small with a tuft of upright black crested hair on the top of the head. It does not have cheek pouches. The whole body is black, and the hair is shiny. From the base of the front of the ear to the corner of the mouth, there is a white band composed of white hair on the left and right. There is a small amount of yellow-white hair on the inner side of the upper edge of the ear. The back of the ear is almost hairless, and there is a circle of light white hair at the base. The tip of the tail is white. The top of the head, back and tail of the newborn monkey are gray-brown, and the rest of the body is orange-yellow. After one month, the whole body begins to gradually turn black, and after half a year, it is basically close to the body color of the adult monkey.

The black leaf monkey, with a black body, upright crest on the top of the head, and only white cheeks and tail tip, is a national first-class protected animal. There are only about 2,000 black leaf monkeys in the world. Among them, there are 76 groups of about 730 black leaf monkeys in the Mayang Ri...

Giraffa

Giraffa

Kirin, Kirin Deer, Long-necked Deer

Features:The tallest living land animal in the world

Giraffes are the tallest animals in the world today. Their long necks stand tall, easily attracting people's interest.Why is its neck so long? Some scientists believe that the neck of the giraffe's "ancestor" was not very long. Changes in the earth's crust, unfavorable living e...

Choeropsis liberiensis

Choeropsis liberiensis

Hexaprotodon liberiensis,pygmy hippopotamus,pygmy hippopotamus,dwarf hippopotamus

Features:A distant relative of the hippopotamus, a national treasure of a West African country, and a miniature version of the "blood horse".

The hippopotamus actually has a cousin that is nearly ten times smaller than it - the pygmy hippopotamus. It looks like a hippopotamus that is ten sizes smaller. People who are not familiar with the pygmy hippopotamus would definitely think that the pygmy hippopotamus is a hippopotamus cub.The pygmy...

Hippopotamus amphibius

Hippopotamus amphibius

Nile Hippopotamus, Pig of the River

Features:The thickness of its skin is about 3 cm, which is about 0.5 cm thicker than the skin of an elephant. It is the third largest mammal on land.

Hippopotamus are large herbivores second only to elephants and rhinos in size, and are also very ferocious. Hippopotamus have hairless bodies, short and clumsy limbs, wide mouths with sharp tusks. Hippopotamus' eyes, external ears and nostrils are all exposed and protruding....

Tapirus indicus

Tapirus indicus

Asian tapir,Indian tapir

Features:The largest species of tapir, it has a nose like an elephant, ears like a horse, a head like a pig, hind legs like a rhinoceros, and a body like a bear, but not all of them are like the same species, so people call it "five-unlike".

The body color of an adult Malay tapir is the classic "black and white", with no other colors. The head, shoulders, and limbs are all black, but the middle and back of the body is white, as if wearing a white "vest". The overall physique is strong, and at first glance it is a bit...

asian elephant

asian elephant

elephant

Features:Asian elephants have two ridges on the top of their heads, like longevity stars, which African elephants do not have.

Asian elephants are giant herbivoresFood,The staple food is bamboo shoots, young leaves, wild plantains and palm leaf reeds, etc. In the morning, evening and night, Asian elephants will go out to forage. They mainly eat grass, leaves, buds and bark. Asian elephants also eat crops such as bananas and...

flat-billed swan

flat-billed swan

Coscoroba coscoroba,Coscoroba Swan

Features:It looks like a goose, with a red beak and feet.

扁嘴天鹅主要在水中生活,游泳时颈部弯曲,头部低垂,姿态极为优雅。飞行时颈部向前伸直,脚伸向后,两翅煽动缓慢而有力。主要采食各种水生植物、海草、藻类及少量水生昆虫、鱼卵和甲壳动物等,在一些地方则专门以某一种水草为主。在觅食的时候,大多选择开阔的浅水地区,不停地将头部和颈部探人水中,取食水面上层丰富的食...

giant anteater

giant anteater

anteater,ant bear

Features:The largest animal among the anteaters

Giant anteaters may occupy territories as large as 9,000 hectares. Communication and perception, as well as most communication, occurs between young and their mothers, including courtship and fighting when they are only briefly together. These include fighting, sniffing, hissing, and growling...

black-necked swan

black-necked swan

Cygnus melanocoryphus

Features:One of the most emotionally devoted animals

The black-necked swan is a swan with a black neck and white body. It mainly feeds on various aquatic plants, seaweeds, algae and a small amount of aquatic insects, fish eggs and crustaceans. In some places, it mainly feeds on a certain kind of aquatic plants. Black-necked...

takin

takin

Takin,wildebeest,golden takin

Features:It is shaped like a cow and sounds like a sheep. It is also known as the four different things.

Takin is a large bovine herbivore distributed in the dense forests of the eastern foothills of the Himalayas. Due to different origins, the coat color gradually becomes lighter from south to north. Divided into 4 subspecies: Gaoligong takin, Bhutan takin, Sichuan takin, Qinling takin, all pro...

giant panda

giant panda

Cat bear,bamboo bear,silver dog,iron-eating beast

Features:China’s national treasure and living fossil in the biological world

The giant panda has lived on the earth for at least 8 million years and is a first-level protected animal in China. At the end of 2016, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) downgraded the giant panda's threat level from "endangered" to "vulnerable" . However, due to its low fertility rate, it...

black bear

black bear

Ursus thibetanus,Moon bear,bear,black blind man

Features:Black bears have excellent tree climbing abilities

Black bears, also known as Asiatic black bears, were historically placed in a separate genus <Selenarctos>. A wild hybrid between a black bear and a sun bear has been recorded in Cambodia. Black bears use a variety of forest habitats within their distribution area, including broadleaf forests and coniferous forests. The altitude span of their activities can range from close to sea level to 4000m, and they may occasionally appear in open meadows at high altitudes. Black bears are om...

tiger

tiger

Big cat,big insect,mountain king,Yin beast

Features:One of the largest living cats in the world

There are nine species of tigers, namely: Siberian tiger, South China tiger, Bali tiger, Indochinese tiger, Malayan tiger, Javan tiger, Sumatran tiger, Bengal tiger, and Caspian tiger. China has the largest number of tiger species among the 14 tiger-producing countries in the world, and India has the largest number of tigers in the world, although there is only one type of Bengal tiger. In the mid-20th century, due to deforestation and over-hunting, the number of tigers in India was once reduced...

Picumnus rufiventris

Picumnus rufiventris

Picumnus rufiventris,Rufous-breasted piculet

Features:

The scientific name of the brown breasted woodpecker is Picumnus rufiventris, and the foreign name is Rufous treated piculet. The specific habits are unknown.Listed in the IUCN ver 3.1:2009 Red List of Birds.Protect wild animals and eliminate wild game.Maintaining ecological balance is everyone'...

Eupetomena macroura

Eupetomena macroura

Eupetomena macroura,Swallow-tailed Hummingbird

Features:

The Swallow-tailed Hummingbird is Eupetomena macroura and swallow-tailed hummingbird.Protect wild animals and eliminate wild meat.Maintaining ecological balance is everyone's responsibility!...

kubanochoeres

kubanochoeres

kubanochoeres

Features:It has a rather large horn, similar to the horn of the legendary unicorn

kubanochoeres are a group of large, mound-toothed pigs that once lived in the Old World.Kuban pig is a kind of huge pig that lived in the Old world during the Middle Miocene geological period. Because it has some unique characteristics, it plays an important role in the systematic evolution of pigs....

wolverine

wolverine

Wolf's green

Features:Fiercely loyal to his master

Wolf green dog pedigree is more complex, mainly several breeds from the cross, tracing is very difficult, is a big project, both historical problems, and technical problems, Such as < a target = "_blank" href = "https://baike.baidu.com/item/DNA/98123?fromModule=lemma_inlink" &...

Ptilinopus hyogastra

Ptilinopus hyogastra

Ptilinopus hyogastra,Grey-headed Fruit-dove,Grey-headed Fruit Dove

Features:

Its scientific name is Ptilinopus hyogastra, and its foreign names are Grey-headed fruit-dove, Grey-headed Fruit Dove, and its specific habits are unknown.Listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ver 3.1: Red List of Birds 2010.Protect wild animals and eliminate wild meat....

Pleuronectiformes

Pleuronectiformes

Pleuronectiformes,heterosomata,flounder

Features:

Flounder is a general term for fishes of the order Plaice. It has no swim bladder and feeds on worms, crustaceans and other animals. Taxonomically it belongs to the class Actinopterygii, Pleuronichthys. The flatfish has a flat body with eyes that grow on only one side of the body, a unique asymmetri...

Megapodius tenimberensis

Megapodius tenimberensis

Megapodius tenimberensis,Tanimbar Scrubfowl

Features:It is a large megapode with a very short, pointed crest.

The Tanimbar Scrubfowl (Megapodius tenimberensis), formerly a subspecies of the orange-footed Megapod, was designated as a separate species in 2014.Tanimba megapods live alone and in pairs. Omnivorous, eating small invertebrates and a wide variety of foods on the forest floor. Shy and mysterious, bu...

Taphozous melanopogon

Taphozous melanopogon

Taphozous melanopogon

Features:

The black-bearded tomb bat (Taphozous melanopogon), also known as the black-bearded sheath-tailed bat, is a member of the sheath-tailed bat family. The black-bearded tomb bat clusters in the cracks of the cave, or lies on the rock wall in the cave, hiding in the deep cracks by retreating. It can be...