50 Common animal species and their scientific names

50 Common animal species and their scientific names

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday 27 November 2013 0

50 Common animal species and their scientific names

Here we are going to provide 50 names of animal species and their respective scientific names.These are often asked in many examinations and quiz competitions.. So we are hoping you can easily grasp these all names hence we provide the names in a table and that are in alphabetic order.So you can learn easily.

No	SPECIES  NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME
1	African elephant	Loxodonta africana
2	American bison	Bison bison
3	Ass	Equs asinus
4	Bear	Ursidae carnivora
5	Blue whale	Balaenoptera musculus
6	Bobcat	Lynx rufus
7	Cat	Felius catus
8	Camel	Camelus camelidae
9	Cheetah	Acinonyx jubatus
10	Chimpanzee	Pan troglodytes
11	Chameleon	Chamaele ontidate
12	Cobra	Elapidae naga
13	Crocodile	Crocodilia niloticus
14	Deer	Artiodactyl cervidae
15	Dog	Cannis familiaris
16	Dolphin	Delphinidae delphis
17	Elephant	Proboscidea elephantidae
18	Fox	Cannis vulpes
19	Frog	Anura ranidae
20	Giant anteater	Myrmecophaga tridactyla
21	Giraffe	Giraffa camalopardalis
22	Goat	Capra hircus
23	Gorilla	Gorilla gorilla
24	Gray whale	Eschrichtius robustus
25	Horse	Eqqus caballus
26	Hippopotamus	Hippopotamus amphibius
27	Human	Homo sapiens sapiens
28	Hyena	Hyaenidae carnivora
29	Kangaroo	Macropus macropodidae
30	Komodo dragon	Varanus komodoensis
31	Lion	Panthera leo
32	Lizard	Sauria lacertidae
33	Mountain Lion	Puma concolor
34	Mouse	Rodentia muridae
35	Northern gannet	Morus bassanus
36	Panda	Alurpoda melanoleuca
37	Panther	Panthera pardus
38	Pig	Artiodactyla suidae
39	Polar bear	Ursus maritimus
40	Porcupine	Hystricomorph hystricidae
41	Rabbit	Leporidae cuniculas
42	Rhinoceros	Perrissodanctyl rthinocerotidae
43	Scorpion	Archinida scorpionida
44	seal	Phoca vitulina
45	Sheep	Bovidae ovis
46	Snow leopard	Panthera uncia
47	Tiger	Panther tigris
48	Red fox	Vulpes vulpes
49	Whale shark	Rhincodon typus
50	Zebra	Equidae burcheli