List of tautonyms explained
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 cumin, Cuminum cyminum).
Mammals
- Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian elk, moose
- Axis axis (Erxleben, 1777) — chital, axis deer
- Bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758) — American bison, buffalo
- Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) — European roe deer, 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) — European 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) — European edible dormouse, European fat 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
- Nombe nombe (Flannery et al., 1983)
- 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) — black rat, roof rat
- Redunca redunca (Pallas, 1767) — Bohor reedbuck
- Rupicapra rupicapra (Linnaeus, 1758) — chamois, Alpine chamois
- Saccolaimus saccolaimus (Temminck, 1838) — naked-rumped pouched bat
- Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) — red fox
Birds
- 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) — corn crake, corncrake
- Crossoptilon crossoptilon (Hodgson, 1838) — white eared pheasant
- Curaeus curaeus (Molina, 1782) — austral blackbird
- Curruca curruca (Linnaeus, 1758) — lesser whitethroat
- Cyanicterus cyanicterus (Vieillot, 1819) — blue-backed tanager
- Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758) — whooper swan
- Diuca diuca (Molina, 1782) — 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
- 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, common 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
- Tetradactylus tetradactylus (Daudin, 1802) — long-toed seps
Amphibians
Fish
- Alburnus alburnus — bleak
- Alosa alosa — allis shad
- Anableps anableps — largescale foureyes
- Anguilla anguilla — European eel
- Anostomus anostomus — striped headstander
- Anthias anthias — swallowtail seaperch
- Aspredo aspredo — a species of banjo catfish
- Badis badis — blue perch, blue badis
- Bagarius bagarius — devil catfish, goonch
- Bagre bagre — coco sea catfish
- Banjos banjos — banjofish
- Barbatula barbatula — stone loach
- Barbus barbus — barbel
- Batasio batasio — a species of naked catfish
- Belobranchus belobranchus — throat-spine gudgeon
- Belone belone — garfish
- Bidyanus bidyanus — silver perch
- Boops boops — bogue
- Brama brama — Atlantic pomfret
- Brosme brosme — cusk
- Butis butis — duckbill sleeper, crazy fish
- Calamus calamus — saucereye porgy
- Callichthys callichthys — cascarudo, armoured catfish
- Capoeta capoeta — Caucasian scraper, Sevan khramulya
- Carassius carassius — crucian carp
- Catla catla — catla
- Catostomus catostomus — longnose sucker
- Chaca chaca — frogmouth catfish
- Chandramara chandramara — a species of naked catfish
- Chanos chanos — milkfish
- Chitala chitala — Indian featherback
- Chromis chromis — Mediterranean damselfish, Mediterranean chromis
- Conger conger — European conger
- Conta conta — conta catfish
- Cynoglossus cynoglossus — Bengal tonguesole
- Dactylopus dactylopus — Fingered dragonet
- Dario dario — scarlet badis, scarlet dario
- Decorus decorus — a species of Chinese carp/minnow
- Dentex dentex — common dentex
- Devario devario — Bengal danio
- Erythrinus erythrinus — red wolffish
- Gagata gagata — a species of sisorid catfish
- Glyphis glyphis — speartooth shark
- Gobio gobio — gudgeon
- Gonorynchus gonorynchus — mousefish, beaked sandfish, beaked salmon
- Hara hara — a species of South Asian river catfish
- Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus — red Irish lord
- Hippocampus hippocampus — short-snouted seahorse
- Hippoglossus hippoglossus — Atlantic halibut
- Histrio histrio — sargassum fish
- Hucho hucho — Danube salmon, huchen
- Huso huso — beluga sturgeon
- Lactarius lactarius — false trevally
- Lagocephalus lagocephalus — oceanic puffer
- Lepadogaster lepadogaster — shore clingfish
- Leuciscus leuciscus — common dace
- Limanda limanda — common dab
- Liparis liparis — common seasnail
- Lithognathus lithognathus — white steenbras
- Lota lota — burbot
- Lutjanus lutjanus — bigeye snapper
- Menidia menidia — Atlantic silverside
- Merluccius merluccius — European hake
- Microstoma microstoma — slender argentine
- Mola mola — ocean sunfish
- Molva molva — common ling
- Mustelus mustelus — common smooth-hound
- Myaka myaka — myaka
- Nangra nangra — a species of sisorid catfish
- Notopterus notopterus — bronze featherback
- Oplopomus oplopomus — spinecheek goby
- Pagrus pagrus — red porgy
- Pangasius pangasius — pangas catfish
- Phoxinus phoxinus — Eurasian minnow
- Phycis phycis — forkbeard
- Pinjalo pinjalo — pinjalo
- Pollachius pollachius — pollack
- Pristis pristis — largetooth sawfish
- Pseudobagarius pseudobagarius — a species of stream catfish
- Pungitius pungitius — ninespine stickleback
- Rama rama — a species of naked catfish
- Rasbora rasbora — Gangetic scissortail rasbora
- Remora remora — common remora
- Retropinna retropinna — New Zealand smelt
- Rhinobatos rhinobatos — common guitarfish
- Rita 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 — sea stickleback
- Sprattus sprattus — European sprat
- Squatina squatina — angelshark
- Synodus synodus — diamond lizardfish
- Tandanus tandanus — eel-tailed catfish
- Thymallus thymallus — grayling
- Tinca tinca — tench
- Torpedo torpedo — common torpedo
- Trachurus trachurus — Atlantic horse mackerel
- Trachycorystes trachycorystes — black catfish
- Tropheops tropheops — golden tropheops
- Vimba vimba — vimba bream
- Zebrus zebrus — zebra goby
- Zingel zingel — zingel
- Zungaro zungaro — gilded catfish
Arthropods
Molluscs
Other
Plant near-tautonyms
See also
