List of tautonyms

From Freepedia

The following is a list of tautonyms - taxonomic names in which the genus and species names are the same. These are allowed in zoology, but not in botany.

Mammals:

• "Alces alces" (moose)
• "Bison bison" (American bison)
• "Bison bison bison"
• "Capreolus capreolus" (roe deer)
• "Citellus citellus" (suslik)
• "Cricetus cricetus" (European hamster)
• "Dama dama" (fallow deer)
• "Gazella gazella" (Mountain Gazelle)
• "Genetta genetta" (a species of civet)
• "Glis glis" (Edible Dormouse)
• "Gorilla gorilla" (Western gorilla)
• "Gorilla gorilla gorilla"
• "Hyaena hyaena" (Striped Hyena)
• "Lutra lutra" (European Otter)
• "Lynx lynx" (Eurasian lynx)
• "Marmota marmota" (Alpine Marmot)
• "Martes martes" (pine marten)
• "Meles meles" (Eurasian badger)
• "Mephitis mephitis" (Striped Skunk)
• "Monachus monachus" (mediterranean monk seal)
• "Rattus rattus" (black rat)
• "Rupicapra rupicapra" (chamois)
• "Uncia uncia" (snow leopard)
• "Vulpes vulpes" (red fox)

Birds (there are 82 species; full list in [1]):

• "Anser anser" (greylag goose)
• "Apus apus" (Common Swift)
• "Bubo bubo" (Eurasian eagle owl)
• "Cardinalis cardinalis" (Northern Cardinal)
• "Carduelis carduelis" ((European Goldfinch)
• "Casuarius casuarius" (Southern cassowary)
• "Ciconia ciconia" (white stork)
• "Crossoptilon crossoptilon" (white-eared pheasant)
• "Crossoptilon crossoptilon crossoptilon"
• "Cygnus cygnus" (whooper swan)
• "Gallus gallus" (chicken)
• "Grus grus" (common crane)
• "Perdix perdix" (grey partridge)
• "Pica pica" (European magpie)
• "Regulus regulus" (goldcrest)

Reptiles:

• "Cerastes cerastes"
• "Cerastes cerastes cerastes"
• "Iguana iguana" (green iguana)
• "Naja naja" (Indian cobra)
• "Naja naja naja"
• "Natrix natrix" (grass snake)
• "Salamandra salamandra" (fire salamander)

Amphibians:

• "Bufo bufo" (common toad)
• "Bufo bufo bufo"

Fishes:

• "Badis badis" (a fish of order Perciformes)
• "Hippocampus hipocampus" (European seahorse)
• "Solea solea" (a species of sole)
• "Thunnus thynnus" (Northern Bluefin Tuna) (not a perfect one)

Invertebrates:

• "Melolontha melolontha (common cockchafer)
• "Loa loa" (Loa loa filaria)