List of tautonyms

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The following is a list of tautonyms: taxonomic names in which the genus and species names are the same. These are allowed in zoology, but not in botany, where the genus and species names must differ (though differences as small as one letter are permitted, as in the Jujube Ziziphus zizyphus).

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[edit] Mammals

Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797) (Greater Mouse-Eared Bat) Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774) (Common Pipistrelle) Citellus citellus = Spermophilus citellus Linnaeus, 1766 (European souslik) Glis glis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Far Dormouse) Criteus criteus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common Hamster) Lemmus lemmus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Norway Lemming) Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ship Rat, Black Rat) Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red Fox) Martes martes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pine marten) Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758) (Badger) Gulo gulo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Wolverine) Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) (Otter) Genetta genetta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Genet) Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) (Mediterranean Monk Seal) Rupicapra rupicapra (Linnaeus, 1758) (Chamois) Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758) (Europeans say Elk, Americans call it Moose. The first (European) settlers obviously thought the first larger thing with antlers was an Elk, which it wasn't. It was really a deer species (Cervus elaphus).) Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Roe Deer)

[edit] Birds

[edit] Reptiles

[edit] Amphibians

[edit] Fish

[edit] Invertebrates

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