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For the preparation of any kind of competitive exam, aspirants should focus on the subject scientific name of birds and animals. Questions will surely be asked from this section.
Take a look at the list of scientific names of animals and birds briefly
What is a scientific name?
Binomial Nomenclature is also known as binominal nomenclature or binary nomenclature is a method of naming in taxonomy for species. It consists of two terms or two names which means for a species whether it is animal or bird or plant or any other organism, it is represented by a two-word name. The words used are basically Latin. The first part of the name is called the generic name which represents the genus of species belongs to and the second part is the specific name that distinguishes species in the genus. For instance, humans are belonging to the genus homo and sapiens is the species name. So, modern human is scientifically Homo sapiens. This system is founded by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 and introduced this system to the world by his work Species Plantarum.
The usage of binomial nomenclature is under the governance of different internationally approved codes of rule. Of these codes of rule, two are the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) for animals and the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants (ICNafp). Even though the general rules for binomial nomenclature to these two codes of the rule are common, there is some variation in the usage of terminology and other rules.
Below shows the list of scientific names of birds and animals that are commonly asked in competitive exams and all other kinds of academic exams.
List of Scientific Names of Birds & Animals
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| SL No: | Animals & Birds | Scientific Names |
| 1 | Arabian camel | Camelus dromedaries |
| 2 | Bison | Bos gaurus |
| 3 | Black buck | Antelope cervicapra |
| 4 | Black rat | Rattus rattus |
| 5 | Buffalow | Babalus bubalis |
| 6 | Bulbul | Molpastes cafer |
| 7 | Cat | Felis domesticus |
| 8 | Cheetah | Acinonyx jubatus |
| 9 | Chinkara | Gazella bennettii |
| 10 | Common myna | Acridotheres tristis |
| 11 | Crocodile | Crocodylus palustris |
| 12 | Dhaman or rat snake | Ptyas mucosa |
| 13 | Dog | Canis lupus familiaris |
| 14 | Elephant | Elephas maximus |
| 15 | Fox | Vulpes vulpes |
| 16 | Gavial | Gavialis gangeticus |
| 17 | Giraffe | Giraffa camelopardalis |
| 18 | Great horned owl | Bubo virginianus |
| 19 | Hippopotamus | Hippopotamus amphibius |
| 20 | Horse | Equus caballus |
| 21 | House crow | Corvus splendens |
| 22 | House mouse | Mus musculus |
| 23 | House sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 24 | House wall Lizard | Hemidactylus flaviviridis |
| 25 | Indian Cobra | Naja naja |
| 26 | Indian parrot | Psittacula eupatria |
| 27 | Indian Python | Python molurus |
| 28 | Kashmir stag | Cervus canadensis hanglu |
| 29 | King cobra | Ophiophagus hannah |
| 30 | Koel | Eudynamis scolopaccus |
| 31 | Leopard | Panthera pardus |
| 32 | Lion | Panthera leo |
| 33 | Nilgai | Boselaphus tragocamelus |
| 34 | Peacock | Pavo cristatus |
| 35 | Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 36 | Rabbit | Oryctolagus cuniculus |
| 37 | Rhesus monkey | Macaca mulatta |
| 38 | Rhinoceros | Rhinoceros unicornis |
| 39 | Sea snake | Hydrophiinae |
| 40 | Siberian crane | Grus leucogeranus |
| 41 | Tiger | Panthera Tigris |
| 42 | Wild Ass | Equus africanus asinus |
| 43 | Wild boar | Sus scrofa |
| 44 | Wolf | Canis lupus |
| 45 | Zebra | Equus quagga |
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