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)).

Mammals[]

Gazella gazella

Indri indri — indri

Myotis myotis

Vulpes vulpes

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
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
Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) — roof rat, black rat
Redunca redunca (Pallas, 1767) — Bohor reedbuck
Rupicapra rupicapra (Linnaeus, 1758) — Alpine chamois, chamois
Saccolaimus saccolaimus (Temminck, 1838) — naked-rumped pouched bat
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) — red fox

Birds[]

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Ensifera ensifera

Himantopus himantopus

Lagopus lagopus

Milvus milvus

Nycticorax nycticorax

Vanellus vanellus

Alle alle (Linnaeus, 1758) — little auk, dovekie
Amandava amandava (Linnaeus, 1758) — red avadavat
Anhinga anhinga (Linnaeus, 1766) — anhinga
Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758) — greylag goose
Antigone antigone (Linnaeus, 1758) — sarus crane
Apus apus (Linnaeus, 1758) — common swift
Bubo bubo (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian eagle-owl
Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) — common buzzard
Calliope calliope (Pallas, 1776) — Siberian rubythroat
Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) — northern cardinal
Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) — European goldfinch
Casuarius casuarius (Linnaeus, 1758) — southern cassowary
Chloris chloris (Linnaeus, 1758) — European greenfinch
Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) — white stork
Cinclus cinclus (Linnaeus, 1758) — white-throated dipper
Clanga clanga (Pallas, 1811) — greater spotted eagle
Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Linnaeus, 1758) — hawfinch
Cochlearius cochlearius (Linnaeus, 1766) — boat-billed heron
Coeligena coeligena (Lesson, 1833) — bronzy inca
Colius colius (Linnaeus, 1766) — white-backed mousebird
Coscoroba coscoroba (Molina, 1782) — coscoroba swan
Cotinga cotinga (Linnaeus, 1766) — purple-breasted cotinga
Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758) — common quail
Crex crex (Linnaeus, 1758) — corncrake
Crossoptilon crossoptilon (Hodgson, 1838) — white eared pheasant
Curaeus curaeus (Molina, 1782) — austral blackbird
Cyanicterus cyanicterus (Vieillot, 1819) — blue-backed tanager
Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758) — whooper swan
Diuca diuca (Molina, 1782) — common diuca finch
Dives dives (Deppe, 1830) — melodious blackbird
Ensifera ensifera (Boissonneau, 1840) — sword-billed hummingbird
Erythrogenys erythrogenys (Vigors, 1831) — rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler
Falcipennis falcipennis (Hartlaub, 1855) — Siberian grouse
Francolinus francolinus (Linnaeus, 1766) — black francolin
Galbula galbula (Linnaeus, 1766) — green-tailed jacamar
Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758) — common snipe
Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) — red junglefowl
Granatina granatina (Linnaeus, 1766) — violet-eared waxbill
Grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758) — common crane
Guira guira (Gmelin, 1788) — guira cuckoo
Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758) — black-winged stilt
Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus, 1758) — harlequin duck
Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus (Pallas, 1773) — Pallas's gull
Icterus icterus (Linnaeus, 1766) — Venezuelan troupial
Incana incana (Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881) — Socotra warbler
Indicator indicator (Sparrman, 1777) — greater honeyguide
Jacana jacana (Linnaeus, 1766) — wattled jacana
Lagopus lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758) — willow ptarmigan
Lerwa lerwa (Hodgson, 1833) — snow partridge
Leucogeranus leucogeranus (Pallas, 1773) — Siberian crane
Limosa limosa (Linnaeus, 1758) — black-tailed godwit
Luscinia luscinia (Linnaeus, 1758) — thrush nightingale
Manacus manacus (Linnaeus, 1766) — white-bearded manakin
Mascarinus mascarinus (Linnaeus, 1771) — Mascarene parrot or mascarin
Melanodera melanodera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) — white-bridled finch
Milvus milvus (Linnaeus, 1758) — red kite
Mitu mitu (Linnaeus, 1766) — Alagoas curassow
Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758) — black-crowned night heron
Oenanthe oenanthe (Linnaeus, 1758) — northern wheatear
Oriolus oriolus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian golden oriole
Pampa pampa (Lesson, 1832) — wedge-tailed sabrewing
Pauxi pauxi (Linnaeus, 1766) — helmeted curassow
Perdix perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) — grey partridge
Petronia petronia (Linnaeus, 1766) — rock sparrow
Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Linnaeus, 1758) — common redstart
Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian magpie
Pipile pipile (Jacquin, 1784) — Trinidad piping guan
Poliocephalus poliocephalus (Jardine & Selby, 1827) — hoary-headed grebe
Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758) — western swamphen
Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema (Deville & Sclater, 1852) — purple-throated cotinga
Porzana porzana (Linnaeus, 1766) — spotted crake
Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich, 1764) — Manx shearwater
Pyrilia pyrilia (Bonaparte, 1853) — saffron-headed parrot
Pyrope pyrope (von Kittlitz, 1830) — fire-eyed diucon
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Linnaeus, 1758) — red-billed chough
Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian bullfinch
Quelea quelea (Linnaeus, 1758) — red-billed quelea
Radjah radjah (Garnot & Lesson, 1828) — radjah shelduck
Regulus regulus (Linnaeus, 1758) — goldcrest
Riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758) — sand martin, bank swallow
Rupicola rupicola (Linnaeus, 1766) — Guianan cock-of-the-rock
Serinus serinus (Linnaeus, 1766) — European serin
Spinus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian siskin
Suiriri suiriri (Vieillot, 1818) — suiriri flycatcher
Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766) — red-footed booby
Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758) — common shelduck
Tchagra tchagra (Vieillot, 1816) — southern tchagra
Temnurus temnurus (Temminck, 1825) — ratchet-tailed treepie
Tetrax tetrax (Linnaeus, 1758) — little bustard
Todus todus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Jamaican tody
Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian wren
Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758) — eastern kingbird
Urile urile (Gmelin, 1789) — red-faced cormorant
Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) — northern lapwing
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonaparte, 1826) — yellow-headed blackbird
Xenopirostris xenopirostris (Lafresnaye, 1850) — Lafresnaye's vanga

Reptiles[]

Naja naja

Agama agama (Linnaeus, 1758) — rainbow agama
Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758) — giant ameiva
Basiliscus basiliscus (Linnaeus, 1758) — common basilisk
Calotes calotes (Linnaeus, 1758) — common green forest lizard
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) — loggerhead sea turtle
Cerastes cerastes (Linnaeus, 1758) — desert horned viper
Chalcides chalcides (Linnaeus, 1758) — Italian three-toed skink
Clelia clelia (Daudin, 1803) — mussurana
Cordylus cordylus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Cape girdled lizard
Enhydris enhydris (Schneider, 1799) — rainbow water snake
Hypnale hypnale (Merrem, 1820) — hump-nosed viper
Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) — green iguana
Naja naja (Linnaeus, 1758) — Indian cobra
Natrix natrix (Linnaeus, 1758) — grass snake
Ophioscincus ophioscincus (Boulenger, 1887) — yolk-bellied snake-skink
Plica plica (Linnaeus, 1758) — collared treerunner
Scincus scincus (Linnaeus, 1758) — sandfish
Suta suta (Peters, 1863) — curl snake
(Daudin, 1802) — long-toed seps

Amphibians[]

Bombina bombina

Bombina bombina (Linnaeus, 1761) — European fire-bellied toad
Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) — common toad
Pipa pipa (Linnaeus, 1758) — Suriname toad
Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758) — fire salamander

Fish[]

Anguilla anguilla

Carassius carassius

Limanda limanda

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
Belobranchus belobranchus
Belone belone — garfish
Bidyanus bidyanus
Boops boops — bogue
Brama brama — Atlantic pomfret
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 — Atlantic silverside
Merluccius merluccius — European hake
Microstoma microstoma
Mola mola — ocean sunfish
Molva molva — common ling
Mustelus mustelus — common smooth-hound
Myaka myaka
Notopterus notopterus
Oplopomus oplopomus
Pagrus pagrus
Pangasius pangasius
Phoxinus phoxinus — Eurasian minnow
Phycis phycis
Pollachius pollachius — pollack
Pristis pristis — common sawfish
Pungitius pungitius
Rama rama
Rasbora rasbora
Remora remora — common remora
Retropinna retropinna
Rhinobatos rhinobatos — common guitarfish
Rita rita
Rubicundus rubicundus — a species of hagfish
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
Tropheops tropheops
Vimba vimba
Zebrus zebrus — a goby (Gobiidae)
Zingel zingel — in the family Percidae
Zungaro zungaro

Arthropods[]

Grapsus grapsus

Melolontha melolontha

Anthrax anthrax — a bee fly
— appia skipper
Ariadne ariadne — angled castor (a brush-footed butterfly)
— arita skipper
— aroma skipper
— aspitha firetip (a skipper)
Astacus astacus — European crayfish
Avicularia avicularia — pinktoe tarantula
Balanus balanus — a barnacle
Bruna bruna — a skipper
— a cranaid harvestman
Calappa calappa — smooth box crab
Caleta caleta — angled Pierrot (a gossamer-winged butterfly)
— a skipper
— redundant skipper
Cossus cossus — goat moth
Crangon crangon — brown shrimp
Cressida cressida — big greasy or clearwing swallowtail butterfly
— a skipper
— cynea skipper
Danis danis — large green-banded blue (a gossamer-winged butterfly)
Decinea decinea — decinea or Huastecan skipper
— ebusus skipper
Furcula furcula — sallow kitten (a notodontid moth)
— impostor duskywing (a skipper)
Grapsus grapsus — red rock crab
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa — European mole cricket
Idea idea — Linnaeus's idea (a brush-footed butterfly)
�� Joanna's skipper
— a skipper
— a skipper
— a skipper
— librita skipper
— ludens skipper
Mashuna mashuna — Mashuna ringlet (a brush-footed butterfly)
Megacephala megacephala — big-headed tiger beetle
Melolontha melolontha — common cockchafer
— menander metalmark
Meza meza — common missile (a skipper)
— misius skipper
— a skipper
Molla molla — a skipper
— a skipper
Neita neita — Neita brown (a brush-footed butterfly)
Nyctelius nyctelius — violet-banded or nyctelius skipper
— orthos skipper
— a skipper
— passova firetip (a skipper)
— a zalmoxid harvestman
— a skipper
Pollicipes pollicipes — a goose barnacle
— polyctor tufted-skipper
— pompeius skipper
— propertius skipper
Protesilaus protesilaus — great kite-swallowtail
— a skipper
— racta skipper
Ranina ranina — red frog crab
— a skipper
— frosted skipper
— a skipper
— variable scarlet-eye (a skipper)
— a skipper
— a goose barnacle
Scolytus scolytus — large elm bark beetle
— a gonyleptid harvestman
— hidden mirror skipper
Sucova sucova — sucova skipper
— a skipper
— a skipper
— a skipper
— a wormlion
— a skipper
— a snakefly
— zera skipper
— a brush-footed butterfly
Zoma zoma — a ray spider
— zonia skipper
— a dark-winged fungus gnat

Molluscs[]

Concholepas concholepas

Achatina achatina — African giant snail, giant tiger land snail
Agagus agagus
Arcinella arcinella — Caribbean spiny jewel box
Belonimorphis belonimorphis
Columella columella
Concholepas concholepas — loco or Chilean abalone
Cymbium cymbium
Dolabrifera dolabrifera
Ensis ensis — razor clam
Extra extra
Ficus ficus — paper fig shell
Fragum fragum — white strawberry cockle
Gemma gemma — amethyst gem clam
Gibberulus gibberulus — humpbacked conch
Glycymeris glycymeris
Harpa harpa — true harp
Haustellum haustellum
Hippopus hippopus — bear paw clam or horse's hoof clam
Janthina janthina — violet snail
Koilofera koilofera
Lambis lambis — a spider conch
Lima lima — spiny fileclam
Lithophaga lithophaga — date mussel
Lutraria lutraria — otter shell
Margaritifera margaritifera — freshwater pearl mussel
Melo melo — Indian volute or melon shell
Melongena melongena - Caribbean crown conch
Mercenaria mercenaria — northern quahog, hard clam
Mitra mitra — Episcopal miter shell
Modiolus modiolus — northern horse mussel
Modulus modulus
Ogasawarana ogasawarana
Oliva oliva — olive shell
Perna perna — brown mussel
Planorbis planorbis
Quadrula quadrula — "maple leaf" freshwater mussel
Rapa rapa — bubble turnip
Spirula spirula — ram's horn squid
Staphylaea staphylaea — stippled cowry
Telescopium telescopium
Terebellum terebellum
Tergipes tergipes
Tricornis tricornis — three-cornered conch
Umbraculum umbraculum
Velutina velutina — velvet shell
— a freshwater mussel
Viviparus viviparus — a European freshwater snail
Volva volva — shuttlecock volva

Other[]

Velella velella

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

Plant near-tautonyms[]

Cajanus cajan — pigeon pea
Cuminum cyminum — cumin
Ziziphus zizyphus — jujube (note that the currently accepted name is Ziziphus jujuba)
Salacca zalacca — salak
Silaum silaus – pepper saxifrage
— Zinnia-like Zinnia