Latin Names: Animals

Acinonyx jubatus			Cheetah
Ailuropoda melanoleuca (literally "black and white cat foot")			Giant panda
Bison bison			Bison
Canis lupus			Wolf
Capreolus capreolus			Roe deer
Castor fiber (European), Castor canadensis (North American)			Beaver
Cervus elaphus			Red deer
Equus burchelli			(Common) zebra
Erinaceus europaeus			Hedgehog
Glis glis			Dormouse (edible)
Lutra lutra			Otter
Marmota monax			Woodchuck or groundhog
Meles meles			Badger
Monodon monoceros			Narwhal
Mus musculus			House mouse
Mustela erminea			Stoat
Oryctolagus cuniculus			Rabbit
Ovis aries			(Domestic) sheep
Pan troglodytes			(Common) chimpanzee
Pongo pygmaeus, or Pongo abelii			Orangutan
Rattus norvegicus			Brown rat
Rattus rattus			Black rat
Sciurus carolinensis			Grey squirrel
Sciurus vulgaris			Red squirrel
Suricata suricatta			Meerkat
Ursus arctos			Brown bear
Ursus arctos arctos			European brown bear
Ursus arctos horribilis			Grizzly bear
Ursus maritimus			Polar bear
Vicugna pacos			Alpaca
Vulpes vulpes			Fox (common)

Anser anser		Greylag goose
Apus apus (Greek for 'no feet, no feet')		Swift
Aquila chrysaetos (kris–EYE–tos)		Golden eagle
Buteo buteo		Buzzard
Caprimulgus ("the goat sucker")		Nightjar
Carduelis carduelis		Goldfinch
Corvus corax		(Common) raven
Corvus cornix (Latin for raven crow)		Hooded crow
Corvus corone (Latin for raven and Greek for crow!)		Carrion crow
Erithacus rubecula		Robin
Falco columbarius		Merlin
Falco subbuteo		Hobby
Meleagris gallopavo (wild, north American)		Turkey
Melopsittacus undulatus		Budgerigar
Milvus milvus		Red kite
Passer domesticus		House sparrow
Pica pica		Magpie
Puffinus puffinus (not related to the puffin!)		Manx shearwater
Pyrrhula pyrrhula		Bullfinch
Struthio camelus		Ostrich
Sternus vulgaris		Starling
Troglodytes troglodytes		Wren
Turdus merula		Blackbird
Tyto alba		Barn owl

Anobius punctatum		Furniture beetle (woodworm)
Apis mellifera		Honey bee
Bombix mori (best known in, and named for, its larval form)		Silkworm
Calliphora vomitoria		Bluebottle
Cynthia cardui		Painted lady
Drosophila melanogaster (crucial role in the study of genetics)		Fruit fly
Musca domestica		Housefly
Pediculus humanus capitis, Pediculus humanus humanus, Phthirus pubis		Human lice
Pulex irritans		Human flea
Trogium pulsatorium		Book louse (bookworm)
Vanessa atalanta		Red admiral
Vespa crabro		(European) hornet
Vespa vulgaris		Wasp (common)

Anguilla anguilla		Eel (European)
Carassius auratus (or Carassius auratus auratus)		Goldfish
Carcharodon carcharias (ragged tooth)		Great white shark
Esox lucius		Pike
Sepia officinalis		Cuttlefish (common cuttle)
Tinca tinca		Tench

Bufo bufo

Cornu aspersum (formerly classified as Helix aspersa)		Garden snail
Helix pomatia		Edible snail