List of tautonyms

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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

Gazella gazella
Indri indriindri
Myotis myotis
Vulpes vulpes

Birds

Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Ensifera ensifera
Himantopus himantopus
Lagopus lagopus
Milvus milvus
Nycticorax nycticorax
Vanellus vanellus

Reptiles

Naja naja

Amphibians

Bombina bombina

Fish

Anguilla anguilla
Carassius carassius
Limanda limanda

Arthropods

Grapsus grapsus
Melolontha melolontha

Molluscs

Concholepas concholepas

Other

Velella velella

Plant near-tautonyms

See also