Scientific Name of Animals – Class 11 | Chapter – 1 | Short Notes Series PDF
Scientific Name of Animals: The system of naming the animals is similar to that of the plant’s naming system. During the nomenclature of the animals, the genus comes first and then is followed by the species.
Some of the scientific name of animals are as follows:
Scientific Name of Animals |
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Ant | Formicidae |
Arabian camel | Camelus dromedarius |
African elephant | Loxodonta |
Albatross | Diomedeidae |
Alpaca | Vicugna pacos |
Asian Elephant | Elephas maximus |
Bat | Chiroptera |
Bird | Aves |
Brown Tree Snake | Boiga irregularis |
Gaur | Bos gaurus |
Goat | Capra aegagrus hircus |
Bear | Ursidae |
Polar bear | Ursus maritimus |
Sun bear | Helarctos malayanus |
Blackbuck | Antilope cervicapra |
Black rat | Rattus rattus |
Buffalo | Bubalus bubalis |
Bulbul | Pycnonotidae |
Butterfly | Rhopalocera |
Cat | Felis catus |
Cheetah | Acinonyx jubatus |
Chinkara | Gazella bennettii |
Cobra | Naja |
Cockroach | Blattodea |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis |
Cow | Bos taurus |
Crocodile | Crocodylus palustris |
Deer | Cervidae |
Dog | Canis lupus familiaris |
Dolphin | Cetacea |
Eagle | Accipitridae |
Elephant | Elephantidae |
fish | Vertebrata |
Red fox | Vulpes vulpes |
Gavial or Gharial | Gavialis gangeticus |
Giraffe | Giraffa camelopardalis |
Great horned owl | Bubo virginianus |
Hen | Gallus gallus domesticus |
Hippopotamus | Hippopotamus amphibius |
Horse | Equus caballus |
House crow | Corvus splendens |
Housefly | Musca domestica |
House mouse | Mus musculus |
House sparrow | Passer domesticus |
House wall Lizard | Hemidactylus flaviviridis |
Indian Cobra | Naja naja |
parrot | Psittaciformes |
Indian Python | Python molurus |
Kashmir stag or hangul | Cervus canadensis hanglu |
King cobra | Ophiophagus hannah |
Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus |
Leopard or panther | Panthera pardus |
Monkey | Simiiformes (infraorder) |
Mosquito | Culicidae |
Lion | Panthera leo |
Lizard | Squamata |
Nilgai | Boselaphus tragocamelus |
Peacock | Pavo cristatus |
Pig | Sus |
Prawn | Dendrobranchiata |
Rabbit | Oryctolagus cuniculus |
Rat | Rodentia |
Rat snake | Ptyas mucosa |
Rattle snake | Crotalinae |
Rhesus monkey | Macaca mulatta |
Rhinoceros | Rhinoceros unicornis |
Sea snake | Hydrophiinae |
Sheep | Ovis aries |
Siberian crane | Grus leucogeranus |
Snakehead | Channidae |
Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
Spider | Araneae |
Starfish | Asteroidea |
Tiger | Panthera tigris |
Tiger Snake | Notechis scutatus |
Wild Ass | Equus africanus asinus |
Wild boar | Sus scrofa |
Wolf | Canis lupus |
Zebra | Equus quagga |
Earthworm | Lumbricus |
Grasshopper | Caelifera |
Honey Bee | Apis |
Pigeon | Columba livia |
snake | Serpentes |
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