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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.

Stenella longirostris

Stenella longirostris

Spinner dolphin, spinner dolphin, long-beaked spinner dolphin

Cetacea LC

Long-beaked dolphin (scientific name: Stenella longirostris) is also known a···

Lagenorhynchus albirostris

Lagenorhynchus albirostris

White-nosed dolphin, white-beaked dolphin, squid-hunting dolphin

Cetacea LC

White-beaked dolphin (scientific name: Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is called···

Lagenorhynchus acutus

Lagenorhynchus acutus

Atlantic white-sided dolphin, jumping dolphin, bouncing dolphin

Cetacea LC

Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (scientific name: Lagenorhynchus acutus) is als···

Pontoporia blainvillei

Pontoporia blainvillei

La Plata River Dolphin

Cetacea LC

The scientific name of the Lapu-Lapu river dolphin is Pontoporia blainvillei···

Inia geoffrensis

Inia geoffrensis

Amazon porpoise

Cetacea LC

The scientific name of the river dolphin is Inia geoffrensis. It is the larg···

Rhinolophus medius

Rhinolophus medius

Rhinolophus affinis

The middle horseshoe bat is a common cave bat species. It lives in moist cav···

Malayan false vampire bat

Malayan false vampire bat

This species belongs to the subgenus <Megaderma>. Bergmans & Bree ···

Megaderma lyra

Megaderma lyra

Megaderma lyra

The Indian false vampire bat usually moves in groups of dozens and does not ···

Rousettus leschenaulti

Rousettus leschenaulti

Rousettus leschenaulti、Leschenault's rousette

Brown fruit bats are typical tropical bats that do not hibernate. Although t···

Tasmacetus shepherdi

Tasmacetus shepherdi

Shea's beaked whale, Tasman's whale, Tasman's beaked whale

Cetacea LC

Shepherd's beaked whale, scientific name Tasmacetus shepherdi, foreign n···

Indopacetus pacificus

Indopacetus pacificus

Longman's beaked whale, Pacific beaked whale, Indo-Pacific beaked whale

Cetacea LC

Longman's Beaked Whale (Scientific Name: Indopacetus pacificus) is also ···

Mesoplodon hotaula

Mesoplodon hotaula

Cetacea LC

The Sri Lankan Mesoplodon hotaula was first described in 1963 and was consid···

Mesoplodon traversii

Mesoplodon traversii

Cetacea LC

Spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii), foreign media reported that scie···

Mesoplodon stejnegeri

Mesoplodon stejnegeri

Stein's beaked whale, North Pacific beaked whale, Saber-toothed beaked whale, Bering Sea beaked whale

Cetacea LC

Stejneger's Beaked Whale, scientific name Mesoplodon stejnegeri, foreign···

Mesoplodon peruvianus

Mesoplodon peruvianus

Cetacea LC

The Peruvian Beaked Whale is the smallest of the Mesoplodon peruvianus. The ···

Mesoplodon mirus

Mesoplodon mirus

Trujillo's beaked whale, Wonderful beaked whale

Cetacea LC

True's Beaked Whale has never been identified at sea, so nothing is know···

Mesoplodon layardii

Mesoplodon layardii

Long-toothed beaked whale, Lyman's beaked whale, hook-toothed beaked whale, long-toothed whale

Cetacea LC

Mesoplodon layardii, also known as Strap-toothed Whale, is the largest of th···

Hector's Beaked Whale

Hector's Beaked Whale

Heck's beaked whale, New Zealand beaked whale, Heck's beaked whale

Cetacea LC

Hector's Beaked Whale was first discovered in 1866, but until 1975, ther···

Mesoplodon grayi

Mesoplodon grayi

Cetacea LC

Gray's Beaked Whale's scientific name is Mesoplodon grayi, and its f···

Mesoplodon ginkgodens

Mesoplodon ginkgodens

Japanese beaked whale, Ginkgo beaked whale, Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale

Cetacea LC

Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (scientific name: Mesoplodon ginkgodens) is call···

Mesoplodon europaeus

Mesoplodon europaeus

Theodore's beaked whale, Gulfstream beaked whale, European beaked whale, Andreas' beaked whale

Cetacea LC

Gervais's beaked whale was first recorded in the 1840s as a specimen flo···

Mesoplodon carlhubbsi

Mesoplodon carlhubbsi

Harvey's beaked whale

Cetacea LC

Hubbs' Beaked Whale has only one possible sighting, and very little is k···

Mesoplodon bidens

Mesoplodon bidens

Thor's beaked whale, North Sea beaked whale Thor's beaked whale, North Sea beaked whale

Cetacea LC

Sowerby's Beaked Whale, scientific name Mesoplodon bidens, foreign name ···

Hyperoodon planifrons

Hyperoodon planifrons

Cetacea LC

The scientific name of the Southern Bottlenose Whale is Hyperoodon planifron···

Hyperoodon ampullatus

Hyperoodon ampullatus

North Atlantic bottlenose whale, flathead whale, bottlehead whale, steep-headed whale

Cetacea LC

The scientific name of the northern bottlenose whale is Hyperoodon ampullatu···

Arnoux's Beaked Whale

Arnoux's Beaked Whale

Arnold's beaked whale, southern four-toothed whale, southern beaked whale, New Zealand beaked whale, southern bottlenose whale, southern porbeagle whale

Cetacea LC

Arnoux's Beaked Whale, scientific name Arnoux's Beaked Whale, is usu···

Platanista gangetica minor

Platanista gangetica minor

Indus River Dolphin, South Asian River Dolphin Indus subspecies

Cetacea LC

The Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) is one of the few dolph···

Caperea marginata

Caperea marginata

Small right whale, dwarf whale, dwarf whale, small right whale, pygmy right whale, new right whale

Cetacea LC

The scientific name of the pygmy right whale is Caperea marginata, and its f···

Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Antarctic baleen whale, Southern minke whale

Cetacea LC

Antarctic minke whale (scientific name: Balaenoptera bonaerensis) is also kn···

Eubalaena australis

Eubalaena australis

Cetacea LC

Southern right whale (scientific name: Eubalaena australis) is also known as···