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Animals are classified from largest to smallest in the order: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. The animal kingdom contains all animals, and the phylum is further divided into phylums such as Chordata (vertebrates) and Arthropoda (insects, crabs). The class includes mammals, birds, etc., and the order is Primates and Carnivora.

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.

Salvadori’s Duck

Salvadori’s Duck

Salvadori’s Duck,Salvadori's Teal,Salvadorina waigiuensis

Decorative Duck (scientific name: Salvadorina waigiuensis) foreign names Sal···

Pteronetta hartlaubii

Pteronetta hartlaubii

Pteronetta hartlaubii,Hartlaub’s Duck

Hartlaub's Duck (Pteronetta hartlaubii) is a dark maroon duck found in t···

Plectropterus gambensis

Plectropterus gambensis

Plectropterus gambensis,Spur-winged Wood Goose

Plectropterus gambensis is a type of bird between geese and ducks, and is co···

Oxyura vittata

Oxyura vittata

Oxyura vittata

The South American hard-tailed duck (Oxyura vittata) is a typical social tea···

Oxyura maccoa

Oxyura maccoa

Oxyura maccoa,Maccoa Duck

The Maccoa Duck (Oxyura maccoa) is a typical social teal of the family Anati···

Oxyura jamaicensis

Oxyura jamaicensis

Oxyura jamaicensis,Ruddy Duck

The Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) has three subspecies.In addition to the ···

Oxyura australis

Oxyura australis

Oxyura australis,Blue-billed Duck

The Australian hard-tailed Duck (Oxyura australis) is a Blue-billed Duck, wi···

Nomonyx dominicus

Nomonyx dominicus

Nomonyx dominicus,Masked Duck,Oxyura dominicus

Nomonyx dominicus (Nomonyx dominicus) is a very typical social teal of the f···

Green Pygmy-goose

Green Pygmy-goose

Green Pygmy-goose,Green Pygmy Goose,Nettapus pulchellus

The Green Pygmy Goose (Nettapus pulchellus) is the smallest teal in the fami···

Nettapus auritus

Nettapus auritus

Nettapus auritus,African Pygmy-goose

Nettapus auritus (African pygomy-goose), no subspecies.The pachyptews often ···

Rosy-billed Pochard

Rosy-billed Pochard

Rosy-billed Pochard,Netta peposaca

The pink-billed Pochard (Netta peposaca) is a bird of the Anseriformes famil···

Southern Pochard

Southern Pochard

Southern Pochard,Netta erythrophthalma

Netta erythrophthalma (Southern Pochard) has two subspecies.Gray-billed duck···

Orinoco Goose

Orinoco Goose

Orinoco Goose

Neochen jubata (Orinoco Goose) rarely swims and is clumsy when flying. More ···

Mergus octosetaceus

Mergus octosetaceus

Mergus octosetaceus,Brazilian Merganser

The Brown Merganser (Mergus octosetaceus) is Brazilian Merganser, without su···

Merganetta armata

Merganetta armata

Merganetta armata,Torrent Duck

The Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata) has six subspecies.Scatter alone or in ···

Melanitta perspicillata

Melanitta perspicillata

Melanitta perspicillata,Surf Scoter

Melanitta perspicillata Surf Scoter, no subspecies.Each winter the seabuckar···

Malacorhynchus membranaceus

Malacorhynchus membranaceus

Malacorhynchus membranaceus,Pink-eared Duck

The red-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) is known as Pink-eared Duck···

Lophodytes cucullatus

Lophodytes cucullatus

Lophodytes cucullatus,Hooded Merganser

The Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) has no subspecies.Mergansers li···

Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos

Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos

Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos

The mountain blue duck has two subspecies, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos.The m···

Heteronetta atricapilla

Heteronetta atricapilla

Heteronetta atricapilla,Black-headed Duck

The Black-headed Duck (scientific name: Heteronetta atricapilla) is a black-···

Dendrocygna viduata

Dendrocygna viduata

Dendrocygna viduata,White-faced Whistling-duck,White-faced Duck,White-faced Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna viduata (Dendrocygna viduata) is a White-faced whistling-duck, W···

Dendrocygna guttata

Dendrocygna guttata

Dendrocygna guttata,Spotted Whistling-duck,Spotted Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna guttata (Dendrocygna guttata) Spotted whistling-duck, Spotted Wh···

Dendrocygna eytoni

Dendrocygna eytoni

Dendrocygna eytoni,Plumed Whistling Duck,Plumed Whistling-duck,Grass Whistling Duck

Plumed Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni) : Plumed Whistling duck, Plumed w···

Dendrocygna bicolor

Dendrocygna bicolor

Dendrocygna bicolor,Fulvous Whistling-duck,Fulvous Duck,Fulvous Whistling Duck

Brown tree duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) Fulvous Whistling-duck, Fulvous Duck, ···

Dendrocygna autumnalis

Dendrocygna autumnalis

Dendrocygna autumnalis,Black-bellied Whistling-duck,Black-bellied Whistling Duck

The Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) has two subspecies···

Dendrocygna arcuata

Dendrocygna arcuata

Dendrocygna arcuata,Wandering Whistling-duck,Wandering Whistling Duck

The zebra duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) has three subspecies: Wandering Whistli···

Dendrocygna arborea

Dendrocygna arborea

Dendrocygna arborea,West Indian Whistling-duck,Black-billed Wood-duck,Cuban Tree-duck,West Indian Tree-duck,West Indian Whistling Duck

West Indian tree duck Dendrocygna arborea) West Indian Whistling-duck, Black···

Cygnus buccinator

Cygnus buccinator

Cygnus buccinator,Trumpeter Swan

The black-billed Swan (Cygnus buccinator) is known as Trumpeter Swan and has···

Blue-winged Goose

Blue-winged Goose

Blue-winged Goose,Cyanochen cyanopterus

Blue-winged geese (Cyanochen cyanopterus) are blue-winged Goose birds in the···

Ruddy-headed Goose

Ruddy-headed Goose

Ruddy-headed Goose,Chloephaga rubidiceps

Chloephaga rubidiceps (Chloephaga rubidiceps), a Ruddy-headed Goose, is a bi···