Thursday 27 December 2012

The Epic List

Hello World...

For a long time, I've referred to this list. Up till now it's been an abstract quantity with no real existence. But no more! I am committing it to electronic paper. So, I give you, "The Epic (unordered) List of Animals whose Genus and Species Name is the same".

(I didn't say it was a fun or exciting list. It is also not exhaustive, and a work in progress)

(** are extra-special, as they are also the common name in English.)

(And you thought the poetry was sad.)

1. Eurasian Wren -- Troglodytes troglodytes
2. Red Fox -- Vulpes vulpes
3. Western Gorilla -- Gorilla gorilla **
4. Goldfinch -- Carduelis carduelis
5. European Otter -- Lutra lutra
6. European Magpie -- Pica pica
7. Rock Sparrow -- Petronia petronia
8. Austral Blackbird -- Curaeus curaeus
9. Melodocious Blackbird -- Dives dives
10. Yellow-headed Blackbird -- Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
11. European Badger -- Meles meles
12. American Bison -- Bison bison **
          Special mention: the Plains Bison -- Bison bison bison
13. Green Iguana --  Iguana iguana **
14. Spotted Hyena -- Crocuta crocuta
15. Black Rat -- Rattus rattus (**)
16. European Hamster -- Cricetus cricetus
17. European eel --
18. Common cobra --
19. Jungle fowl --
20. Grass snake --
21. Corncrake --
22. Eurasian eagle owl --
23. Buzzard --
24. Kite --
25. Garganey --
26. Harlequin --
27. Shelduck --
28. Grey laggoose --
29. Night heron --
30. Little bustard --
31. Purple-breasted chatterer --
32. Cardinal --
33. Golden oriole --
34. Chough --
35. Partridge --
36. Willow grouse --
37. Black-tailed godwit --