The following is a list of triple tautonyms: zoological names of species consisting of three identical words (the generic name, the specific name and the subspecies have the same spelling). Such names are allowed in zoology, but not in botany, where the generic and specific epithets of a species must differ (though differences as small as one letter are permitted, as in cumin, Cuminum cyminum).
List
edit- Alces alces alces, the European elk
- Alle alle alle, a subspecies of little auk
- Anser anser anser, a subspecies of greylag goose
- Bison bison bison, the plains bison
- Bubo bubo bubo, the European eagle-owl
- Bufo bufo bufo, the European toad
- Buteo buteo buteo, the European buzzard
- Capreolus capreolus capreolus, the European roe deer
- Caracal caracal caracal, a subspecies of caracal
- Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis, a subspecies of northern cardinal
- Caretta caretta caretta, the Atlantic loggerhead sea turtle
- Ciconia ciconia ciconia, a subspecies of white stork
- Crossoptilon crossoptilon crossoptilon, the Szechuan white-eared pheasant
- Francolinus francolinus francolinus, a subspecies of black francolin
- Gallus gallus gallus, the Cochin-Chinese red junglefowl
- Giraffa giraffa giraffa, the South African giraffe[a]
- Gorilla gorilla gorilla, the western lowland gorilla
- Jacana jacana jacana, the wattled jacana
- Lagopus lagopus lagopus, the willow ptarmigan
- Lutra lutra lutra, the European and North African variant of the Eurasian otter
- Lynx lynx lynx, the Northern European lynx
- Meles meles meles, the European badger
- Mephitis mephitis mephitis, the Canada striped skunk
- Naja naja naja, the Indian cobra
- Natrix natrix natrix, the Central European variant of the grass snake
- Pica pica pica, a subspecies of Eurasian magpie
- Quelea quelea quelea, a subspecies of red-billed quelea
- Rattus rattus rattus, the roof rat
- Redunca redunca redunca, the Bohor reedbuck
- Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra, the Alpine chamois
- Sula sula sula, the Caribbean and Southwest Atlantic Islands variant of the red-footed booby
- Vulpes vulpes vulpes, the Scandinavian red fox
See also
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editReferences
edit- ^ Fennessy J.; Bidon T.; Reuss F.; Kumar V.; Elkan P.; Nilsson M.A.; Vamberger M.; Fritz U.; Janke A. (2016). "Multi-locus Analyses Reveal Four Giraffe Species Instead of One". Current Biology. 26 (18): 1–7. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.036. PMID 27618261.
- Wolpow, E. R. (1983). Triple Tautonyms in Biology. Word Ways, 16(2), 10.