Today, I was browsing Wikipedia and found Linnaeus’ taxonomy of animals quite amusing.
The Latin name for the genus “Bison” is Bison.
One of its species, the American bison, in Latin is Bison bison.
And one of the subspecies of the American bison, the plains bison, in Latin is Bison bison bison.
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The Latin name for the genus “gorilla” is Gorilla.
One of its species, the western gorilla, in Latin is Gorilla gorilla.
And one of the subspecies of the Western gorilla, the western lowland gorilla, in Latin is Gorilla gorilla gorilla.
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I downloaded the complete directory and took another look. Here are some interesting ones:
Gallus gallus gallus – domestic chicken
Liparis liparis liparis – European smelt
Bubo bubo bubo – Eurasian eagle-owl
Alces alces alces – European moose
Perdix perdix perdix – grey partridge
Puffinus puffinus puffinus – Manx shearwater
Pica pica pica – common magpie
Regulus regulus regulus – goldcrest
There are dozens more like these.
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