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List of tautonyms

The following is a list of tautonyms: zoological names of species consisting of two identical words (the generic name and the specific name have the same spelling). Such names are allowed in zoology, but not in botany, where the two parts of the name of a species must differ (though differences as small as one letter are permitted, as in the jujube (Ziziphus zizyphus)).

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Mammals

  • Alces alces Linnaeus, 1758 — Eurasian elk, moose
  • Axis axis Erxleben, 1777 — chital
  • Bison bison Linnaeus, 1758 — American bison
  • Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus, 1758 — European roe, roe deer
  • Caracal caracal Schreber, 1776 — caracal
  • Chinchilla chinchilla Lichtenstein, 1829 — short-tailed chinchilla
  • Chiropotes chiropotes Humboldt, 1811 — red-backed bearded saki
  • Citellus citellus = Spermophilus citellus Linnaeus, 1766 — European souslik, suslik
  • Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus, 1758 — common hamster, European hamster
  • Crocuta crocuta Erxleben, 1777 — spotted hyena
  • Dama dama Linnaeus, 1758 — fallow deer
  • Feroculus feroculus Kelaart, 1850 — Kelaart's long-clawed shrew
  • Gazella gazella Pallas, 1766 — mountain gazelle
  • Genetta genetta Linnaeus, 1758 — common genet
  • Gerbillus gerbillus Olivier, 1801 — lesser Egyptian gerbil
  • Giraffa giraffa (von Schreber, 1784) — southern giraffe
  • Glis glis Linnaeus, 1766 — fat dormouse, edible dormouse
  • Gorilla gorilla Savage, 1847 — western gorilla
  • Gulo gulo Linnaeus, 1758 — wolverine
  • Hoolock hoolock Harlan, 1834 — western hoolock gibbon
  • Hyaena hyaena Linnaeus, 1758 — striped hyena
  • Indri indri Gmelin, 1788 — indri
  • Jaculus jaculus Linnaeus, 1758 — lesser Egyptian jerboa
  • Lagurus lagurus Pallas, 1773 — steppe vole, steppe lemming
  • Lemmus lemmus Linnaeus, 1758 — Norway lemming
  • Lutra lutra Linnaeus, 1758 — European otter
  • Lynx lynx Linnaeus, 1758 — Eurasian lynx
  • Macrophyllum macrophyllum Schinz, 1821 — long-legged bat
  • Marmota marmota Linnaeus, 1758 — Alpine marmot
  • Martes martes Linnaeus, 1758 — European pine marten, pine marten
  • Meles meles Linnaeus, 1758 — European badger, Eurasian badger
  • Mephitis mephitis Schreber, 1776 — striped skunk
  • Molossus molossus Pallas, 1766 — Pallas's mastiff bat
  • Monachus monachus Hermann, 1779 — Mediterranean monk seal
  • Mops mops de Blainville, 1840 — Malayan free-tailed bat
  • Myospalax myospalax Laxmann, 1773 — Siberian zokor
  • Myotis myotis Borkhausen, 1797 — mouse-eared myotis, greater mouse-eared bat
  • Nasua nasua Linnaeus, 1766 — South American coati, coatimundi
  • Niviventer niviventer Hodgson, 1836 — Himalayan niviventer, white-bellied rat
  • Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann, 1783 — klipspringer
  • Papio papio Desmarest, 1820 — Guinea baboon
  • Petaurista petaurista Pallas, 1766 — red giant flying squirrel
  • Phocoena phocoena Linnaeus, 1758 — harbor porpoise, harbour porpoise
  • Pipistrellus pipistrellus Schreber, 1774 — common pipistrelle
  • Pithecia pithecia Linnaeus, 1766 — white-faced saki
  • Pudu pudu = Pudu puda Molina, 1782 — southern pudu
  • Rattus rattus Linnaeus, 1758 — roof rat, black rat
  • Redunca redunca Pallas, 1767 — common reedbuck
  • Rupicapra rupicapra Linnaeus, 1758 — Alpine chamois, chamois
  • Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck, 1838 — naked-rumped pouched bat
  • Uncia uncia = Panthera uncia Schreber, 1775 — snow leopard
  • Vicugna vicugna Molina, 1782 — vicugna, vicuña
  • Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus, 1758 — red fox

    • Birds

  • Alle alle — little auk
  • Amandava amandava — red avadavat
  • Amazilia amazilia — amazilia hummingbird
  • Anhinga anhinga — anhinga
  • Anser anser — greylag goose
  • Apus apus — common swift
  • Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle owl
  • Buteo buteo — common buzzard
  • Cardinalis cardinalis — northern cardinal
  • Carduelis carduelis — European goldfinch
  • Casuarius casuarius — southern cassowary
  • Ciconia ciconia — white stork
  • Cinclus cinclus — white-throated dipper
  • Coccothraustes coccothraustes — hawfinch
  • Cochlearius cochlearius — boat-billed heron
  • Coeligena coeligena — bronzy inca
  • Colius colius — white-backed mousebird
  • Coscoroba coscoroba — coscoroba swan
  • Cotinga cotinga — purple-breasted cotinga
  • Coturnix coturnix — common quail
  • Crex crex — corncrake
  • Crossoptilon crossoptilon — white-eared pheasant
  • Curaeus curaeus — austral blackbird
  • Cyanicterus cyanicterus — blue-backed tanager
  • Cygnus cygnus — whooper swan
  • Diuca diuca — common diuca-finch
  • Dives dives — melodious blackbird
  • Ensifera ensifera — sword-billed hummingbird
  • Falcipennis falcipennis
  • Francolinus francolinus — black francolin
  • Galbula galbula — green-tailed jacamar
  • Gallinago gallinago — common snipe
  • Gallus gallus — red junglefowl
  • Grus grus — common crane
  • Guira guira — guira cuckoo
  • Himantopus himantopus — black-winged stilt
  • Histrionicus histrionicus — harlequin duck
  • Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
  • Icterus icterus — troupial
  • Indicator indicator — greater honeyguide
  • Jacana jacana — wattled jacana
  • Lagopus lagopus — willow grouse
  • Lerwa lerwa — snow partridge
  • Limosa limosa — black-tailed godwit
  • Luscinia luscinia — thrush nightingale
  • Manacus manacus — white-bearded manakin
  • Mascarinus mascarinus — Mascarene parrot
  • Melanodera melanodera — canary-winged finch
  • Milvus milvus — red kite
  • Mitu mitu — Alagoas curassow
  • Nycticorax nycticorax — black-crowned night heron
  • Oenanthe oenanthe — northern wheatear
  • Oriolus oriolus — golden oriole
  • Pauxi pauxi — northern helmeted curassow
  • Perdix perdix — grey partridge
  • Petronia petronia — rock sparrow
  • Phoenicurus phoenicurus — common redstart
  • Pica pica — European magpie
  • Pipile pipile — Trinidad piping-guan
  • Pipra pipra — white-crowned manakin
  • Poliocephalus poliocephalus — hoary-headed grebe
  • Porphyrio porphyrio — purple swamphen
  • Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema — purple-throated cotinga
  • Porzana porzana — spotted crake
  • Puffinus puffinus — Manx shearwater
  • Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax — red-billed chough
  • Pyrrhula pyrrhula — Eurasian bullfinch
  • Quelea quelea — red-billed quelea
  • Regulus regulus — goldcrest
  • Riparia riparia — sand martin
  • Rupicola rupicola — Guianan cock-of-the-rock
  • Sephanoides sephanoides — green-backed firecrown
  • Serinus serinus — European serin
  • Suiriri suiriri — suiriri flycatcher
  • Sula sula — red-footed booby
  • Tadorna tadorna — common shelduck
  • Tchagra tchagra — southern tchagra
  • Temnurus temnurus — ratchet-tailed treepie
  • Tetrax tetrax — little bustard
  • Todus todus — Jamaican tody
  • Troglodytes troglodytes — Eurasian wren
  • Tyrannus tyrannus — eastern kingbird
  • Vanellus vanellus — northern lapwing
  • Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus — yellow-headed blackbird
  • Xenopirostris xenopirostris — Lafresnaye's vanga

    • Reptiles

  • Agama agama
  • Ameiva ameiva
  • Basiliscus basiliscus
  • Calotes calotes
  • Caretta caretta — loggerhead sea turtle
  • Cerastes cerastes — desert horned viper
  • Chalcides chalcides — Italian three-toed skink
  • Clelia clelia
  • Cordylus cordylus
  • Enhydris enhydris
  • Hypnale hypnale — hump-nosed viper
  • Iguana iguana — green iguana
  • Kachuga kachuga — red-crowned roofed turtle
  • Naja naja — Indian cobra
  • Natrix natrix — grass snake
  • Ophioscincus ophioscincus
  • Plica plica
  • Scincus scincus — sandfish
  • Suta suta — curl snake
  • Tetradactylus tetradactylus

    • Amphibians

  • Bombina bombina — European fire-bellied toad
  • Bufo bufo — common toad
  • Pipa pipa — Suriname toad
  • Salamandra salamandra — fire salamander

    • Fish

  • Alburnus alburnus — bleak
  • Alosa alosa — allis shad
  • Anableps anableps — largescale foureyes
  • Anguilla anguilla — European eel
  • Anostomus anostomus — striped headstander
  • Anthias anthias
  • Aspredo aspredo
  • Badis badis
  • Bagarius bagarius
  • Bagre bagre
  • Banjos banjos
  • Barbatula barbatula — stone loach
  • Barbus barbus — barbel
  • Batasio batasio
  • Belobranchus belobranchus
  • Belone belone — garfish
  • Bidyanus bidyanus
  • Boops boops — bogue
  • Brama brama — Atlantic pomflet
  • Brosme brosme — cusk
  • Butis butis
  • Calamus calamus — saucereye porgy
  • Callichthys callichthys — cascarudo, armoured catfish
  • Capoeta capoeta
  • Carassius carassius — crucian carp
  • Catla catla — catla
  • Catostomus catostomus
  • Chaca chaca — frogmouth catfish
  • Chandramara chandramara
  • Chanos chanos — milkfish
  • Chitala chitala — Indian featherback
  • Chromis chromis
  • Conger conger — European conger
  • Conta conta
  • Cynoglossus cynoglossus
  • Dario dario
  • Dentex dentex — common dentex
  • Devario devario — Bengal danio
  • Erythrinus erythrinus
  • Gagata gagata
  • Glyphis glyphis
  • Gobio gobio
  • Gonorynchus gonorynchus
  • Hara hara
  • Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
  • Hippocampus hippocampus — European seahorse
  • Hippoglossus hippoglossus — Atlantic halibut
  • Histrio histrio — sargassum fish
  • Hucho hucho — Danube salmon, huchen
  • Huso huso — beluga sturgeon
  • Lactarius lactarius
  • Lagocephalus lagocephalus
  • Lepadogaster lepadogaster
  • Leuciscus leuciscus
  • Limanda limanda — common dab
  • Liparis liparis
  • Lithognathus lithognathus
  • Lota lota — burbot
  • Lutjanus lutjanus
  • Menidia menidia
  • Merluccius merluccius — European hake
  • Microstoma microstoma
  • Mola mola — ocean sunfish
  • Molva molva — common ling
  • Mustelus mustelus — common smooth-hound
  • Myaka myaka
  • Nangra nangra
  • Notopterus notopterus
  • Oplopomus oplopomus
  • Pagrus pagrus
  • Pangasius pangasius
  • Phoxinus phoxinus — Eurasian minnow
  • Phycis phycis
  • Pollachius pollachius — pollock
  • Pristis pristis — common sawfish
  • Pseudobagarius pseudobagarius
  • Pungitius pungitius
  • Rama rama
  • Rasbora rasbora
  • Remora remora — common remora
  • Retropinna retropinna
  • Rhinobatos rhinobatos — common guitarfish
  • Rita rita
  • Rutilus rutilus — common roach
  • Sarda sarda — Atlantic bonito
  • Solea solea — common sole
  • Sphyraena sphyraena — European barracuda
  • Spinachia spinachia — a species of stickleback
  • Sprattus sprattus — European sprat
  • Squatina squatina
  • Synodus synodus — diamond lizardfish
  • Tandanus tandanus — eel-tailed catfish
  • Thymallus thymallus — grayling
  • Tinca tinca — tench
  • Torpedo torpedo
  • Trachurus trachurus — Atlantic horse mackerel
  • Trachycorystes trachycorystes
  • Trachyrinchus trachyrinchus — rattail
  • Tropheops tropheops
  • Vimba vimba
  • Zebrus zebrus — a goby (Gobiidae)
  • Zingel zingel — in the Percidae family
  • Zungaro zungaro

    • Arthropods

  • Ariadne ariadne
  • Astacus astacus — European crayfish
  • Avicularia avicularia — pinktoe tarantula
  • Balanus balanus — a barnacle
  • Bucayana bucayana — Ecuadorian cranaid harvestman
  • Calappa calappa — a box crab
  • Caleta caleta
  • Cossus cossus — European goat moth
  • Crangon crangon — brown shrimp
  • Cressida cressida, (big greasy or clearwing swallowtail butterfly
  • Furcula furcula
  • Grapsus grapsus — red rock crab
  • Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa — European mole cricket
  • Idea idea — rice paper butterfly of the genus Idea
  • Mashuna mashuna
  • Megacephala megacephala
  • Melolontha melolontha — common cockchafer
  • Meza meza
  • Mitella mitella — a barnacle
  • Neita neita
  • Pollicipes pollicipes — a goose barnacle
  • Ranina ranina — a raninid crab
  • Scalpellum scalpellum — a barnacle
  • Scolytus scolytus — elm bark beetle
  • Sodreana sodreana — Brazilian long-pedipalped harvestman
  • Therezopolis therezopolis — neon horseshoe pachyline harvestman
  • Tibicen tibicen
  • Xanthostigma xanthostigma — no common name, a member of the snakefly family
  • Ypiranga ypiranga — metropolitan São Paulo harvestman
  • Zera zera — a skipper (butterfly)
  • Zingha zingha — a brush-footed butterfly
  • Zoma zoma — a ray spider
  • Zonia zonia — a skipper (butterfly)
  • Zygoneura zygoneura — a gnat of the Sciaridae family

    • Molluscs

  • Achatina achatina
  • Agagus agagus
  • Arcinella arcinella
  • Belonimorphis belonimorphis
  • Columella columella
  • Concholepas concholepas — loco
  • Cymbium cymbium
  • Dolabrifera dolabrifera
  • Ensis ensis — razor clam
  • Extra extra
  • Ficus ficus
  • Fragum fragum
  • Gemma gemma — amethyst gem clam
  • Gibberulus gibberulus
  • Glycimeris glycimeris
  • Harpa harpa
  • Haustellum haustellum
  • Hippopus hippopus
  • Janthina janthina — violet snail
  • Koilofera koilofera
  • Lambis lambis
  • Lima lima - spiny fileclam
  • Lithophaga lithophaga
  • Lutraria lutraria — otter shell
  • Margaritifera margaritifera
  • Melo melo
  • Melongena melongena - Caribbean crown conch
  • Mercenaria mercenaria — hard clam
  • Meretrix meretrix
  • Mitra mitra
  • Modiolus modiolus
  • Modulus modulus
  • Ogasawarana ogasawarana
  • Oliva oliva
  • Perna perna — marine mussel
  • Planorbis planorbis
  • Quadrula quadrula - "maple leaf" freshwater mussel
  • Rapa rapa
  • Spirula spirula
  • Staphylaea staphylaea
  • Telescopium telescopium
  • Terebellum terebellum
  • Tricornis tricornis
  • Umbraculum umbraculum
  • Velutina velutina
  • Villosa villosa - a freshwater mussel
  • Viviparus viviparus - a European freshwater snail
  • Volva volva — shuttlecock volva

    • Other

  • Aaptos aaptos — a sponge
  • Acanthogyrus acanthogyrus — a parasitic worm in the quadrigyridae family
  • Cephea cephea — a jellyfish
  • Chaos chaos — an amoeba
  • Cidaris cidaris — a sea urchin
  • Convoluta convoluta — a flatworm
  • Heterophyes heterophyes — a intestinal fluke
  • Loa loa — loa loa filaria
  • Moniliformis moniliformis — a worm
  • Periphylla periphylla — a jellyfish
  • Porites porites — a coral
  • Porpita porpita — a siphonophore
  • Spirorbis spirorbis — an annelid
  • Tubifex tubifex — sludge worm
  • Velella velella — by-the-wind-sailor

    • References

    List of tautonyms Wikipedia
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