Latin Names-Reversed Flashcards
Order: Carnivora, Family: Canidae, Genus: Canis, Species: latrans.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Coyote?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Felidae, Genus: Panthera, Species: leo.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Lion?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Ursidae, Genus: Ailuropoda, Species: melanoleuca.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Giant Panda?
Order: Eulipotyphla, Family: Talpidae, Genus: Scalopus, Species: aquaticus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Eastern Mole?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Cervidae, Genus: Alces, Species: alces.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Moose?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Felidae, Genus: Felis, Species: catus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Domestic Cat?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Ursidae, Genus: Ursus, Species: arctos.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Brown Bear?
Order: Lagomorpha, Family: Leporidae, Genus: Oryctolagus, Species: cuniculus.
derived from the Greek oruktês = excavator and lagôs = hare. The name of the species cuniculus is Latin for rabbit
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the European Rabbit?
Order: Primates, Family: Hominidae, Genus: Pongo, Species: pygmaeus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Bornean Orangutan?
Order: Primates, Family: Hominidae, Genus: Gorilla, Species: gorilla.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Western Gorilla?
Order: Primates, Family: Hominidae, Genus: Pan, Species: troglodytes.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Chimpanzee?
Order: Monotremata, Family: Ornithorhynchidae, Genus: Ornithorhynchus, Species: anatinus.
Ornithorhynchus:
“Ornitho-“ comes from the Greek word “ornith” (όρνιθ or ὄρνις), meaning “bird”.
“-rhynchus” comes from the Greek word “rhúnkhos” (ῥύγχος), meaning “snout” or “beak”.
anatinus:
Derived from the Latin word “anatinus” (duck-like), which comes from “anas” meaning “duck”.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Platypus?
Order: Perissodactyla, Family: Rhinocerotidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Rhino?
Order: Sirenia
Family: Dugongidae
Genus: Dugong
Species: Dugon
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Dugong?
Order: Cingulata, Family: Dasypodidae, Genus: Dasypus, Species: novemcinctus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Nine-banded Armadillo?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Cricetidae, Genus: Ondatra, Species: zibethicus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Muskrat?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Canidae, Genus: Vulpes, Species: lagopus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Arctic Fox?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Castoridae, Genus: Castor, Species: canadensis.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the American Beaver?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Cervidae, Genus: Rangifer, Species: tarandus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Caribou?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Cervidae, Genus: Odocoileus, Species: hemionus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Mule Deer?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Cervidae, Genus: Odocoileus, Species: virginianus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the White-tailed Deer?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Cervidae, Genus: Cervus, Species: canadensis.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Elk?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Giraffidae, Genus: Giraffa, Species: camelopardalis.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Northern Giraffe?
Order: Primates, Family: Hominidae, Genus: Homo, Species: sapiens.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Human?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Phocidae, Genus: Phoca, Species: vitulina.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Seal?
Order: Primates, Family: Lemuridae, Genus: Lemur, Species: catta.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Lemur?
Order: Diprotodontia, Family: Macropodidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Kangaroo?
Order: Pilosa, Family: Bradypodidae, Genus: Bradypus, Species: variegatus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Sloth?
Order: Primates, Family: Hylobatidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Gibbon?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Pteropodidae, Genus: Pteropus, Species: vampyrus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Flying Fox?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Canidae, Genus: Canis, Species: lupus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Gray Wolf?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Mustelidae, Genus: Taxidea, Species: taxus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the North American Badger?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Canidae, Genus: Vulpes, Species: vulpes.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Red Fox?
Order: Cetacea, Family: Balaenopteridae.
What is the Order and Family of the Blue Whale?
Order: Proboscidea, Family: Elephantidae.
What is the Order and Family of the African Elephant?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Sciuridae, Genus: Glaucomys, Species: sabrinus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Northern Flying Squirrel?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Sciuridae, Genus: Ictidomys, Species: tridecemlineatus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the 13-lined Squirrel?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Sciuridae, Genus: Tamiasciurus, Species: douglasii.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Columbian Squirrel?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Bathyergidae, Genus: Heterocephalus, Species: glaber.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Naked Mole-rat?
Order: Eulipotyphla, Family: Talpidae, Genus: Talpa, Species: europaea.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Common Mole?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Canidae, Genus: Canis, Species: familiaris.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Domestic Dog?
Order: Primates, Family: Cebidae, Genus: Cebus, Species: apella.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Capuchin Monkey?
Order: Didelphimorphia, Family: Didelphidae, Genus: Didelphis, Species: virginiana.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Virginia Opossum?
Order: Scandentia, Family: Tupaiidae, Genus: Tupaia, Species: glis.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Tree Shrew?
Order: Lagomorpha, Family: Leporidae, Genus: Lepus, Species: europaeus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Hare?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Muridae, Genus: Rattus, Species: rattus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Black Rat?
Order: Perissodactyla, Family: Equidae, Genus: Equus, Species: caballus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Horse?
Order: Dasyuromorphia, Family: Dasyuridae.
What is the Order and Family of the Tasmanian Devil?
Order: Dasyuromorphia, Family: Dasyuridae.
What is the Order and Family of the Brown Antechinus?
Marsupial “mice”
Order: Diprotodontia, Family: Vombatidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Course-haired Wombat?
Order: Didelphimorphia, Family: Didelphidae, Genus: Didelphis, Species: virginiana.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the North American Opossum?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Vespertilionidae, Genus: Myotis, Species: lucifugus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Little Brown Bat?
Order: Eulipotyphla, Family: Soricidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Pribilof Island Shrew?
Order: Eulipotyphla, Family: Talpidae, Genus: Condylura, Species: cristata
What is the Order and Family of the Star-nosed Mole?
Order: Eulipotyphla, Family: Solenodontidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Selenodon?
Order: Paucituberculata, Family: Caenolestidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Chilean Shrew Opossum?
Order: Microbiotheria, Family: Microbiotheriidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Monito del Monte?
Order: Notoryctemorphia, Family: Notoryctidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Marsupial Mole?
Order: Eulipotyphla, Family: Erinaceidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Eurasian Hedgehog?
Order: Diprotodontia, Family: Burramyidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Eastern Pygmy Possum?
Order: Diprotodontia, Family: Potoroidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Rufous Rat-kangaroo?
Order: Diprotodontia, Family: Phascolarctidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Koala?
Order: Diprotodontia, Family: Macropodidae.
What is the Order and Family of the New Guinean Forest Wallaby?
Order: Diprotodontia, Family: Macropodidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Rock Wallaby?
Order: Diprotodontia, Family: Macropodidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Tree Kangaroo?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Molossidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Brazilian Free-tailed Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Phyllostomidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Hairy-legged Vampire Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Molossidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Dwarf Dog-faced Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Phyllostomidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Wrinkle-faced Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Vespertilionidae, Genus: Lasiurus, Species: borealis.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Eastern Red Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Phyllostomidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Cave Nectar Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Phyllostomidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Tent-making Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Molossidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Naked Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Pteropodidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Franquet’s Epauletted Fruit Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Phyllostomidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Hairy Big-eared Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Vespertilionidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Pallid Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Hipposideridae.
What is the Order and Family of the Roundleaf Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Phyllostomidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Spectral Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Phyllostomidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Chestnut Long-tongued Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Vespertilionidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Rupell’s Pipistrelle?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Vespertilionidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Townsend’s Big-eared Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Phyllostomidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Tome’s Sword-nosed Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Molossidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Western Mastiff or Bonneted Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Rhinolophidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Trefoil Horseshoe Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Pteropodidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Grey-headed Flying Fox?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Vespertilionidae, Genus: Lasiurus, Species: cinereus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Hoary Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Vespertilionidae, Genus: Eptesicus, Species: fuscus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Big Brown Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Vespertilionidae, Genus: Myotis, Species: septentrionalis.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Northern Long-eared Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Vespertilionidae, Genus: Lasionycteris, Species: noctivagans.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Silver-haired Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Vespertilionidae, Genus: Myotis, Species: ciliolabrum.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Western Small-footed Bat?
Order: Chiroptera, Family: Vespertilionidae, Genus: Plecotus, Species: auritus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Long-eared Bat?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Felidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Sabre-toothed Tiger?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Felidae, Genus: Lynx, Species: canadensis.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Lynx canadensis?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Felidae, Genus: Puma, Species: concolor.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Mountain lion?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Felidae, Genus: Lynx, Species: rufus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Bobcat?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Herpestidae, Genus: Ichneumia, Species: albicauda.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the White-tailed Mongoose?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Mustelidae, Genus: Gulo, Species: gulo.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Wolverine?
Order: Xenarthra, Family: Myrmecophagidae, Genus: Myrmecophaga, Species: tridactyla.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Giant Anteater?
Order: Xenarthra, Family: Cyclopedidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Silky Anteater?
Order: Xenarthra, Family: Bradypodidae.
What is the Order and Family of the 3-toed Sloth?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Phocidae.
Lobodon carcinophagus
What is the Order and Family of the Crabeater Seal?
Order: Cingulata, Family: Dasypodidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Pink Fairy Armadillo?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Mustelidae.
What is the Order and Family of the American Marten?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Mustelidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Fisher?
Order: Pholidota, Family: Manidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Pangolin?
Order: Carnivora, Suborder: Feliformia, Family: Hyaenidae, Genus: Crocuta, Species: crocuta.
What is the Order, Suborder, Family, Genus, and Species of the Spotted Hyena?
Order: Primates, Family: Atelidae, Genus: Alouatta, Species: belzebul.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Red-handed Howler?
Order: Primates, Family: Tarsiidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Tarsier?
Order: Primates, Family: Callitrichidae
What is the Order and Family of the small marmosets and tamarins (New World Monkeys)?
Order: Primates, Family: Pitheciidae.
What is the Order and Family of the saki and uakari monkeys (New World Monkeys)?
Order: Primates, Family: Cercopithecidae, Genus: Papio, Species: anubis.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Olive Baboon?
Order: Primates, Family: Galagidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Galago?
Order: Primates, Family: Lorisidae.
What is the Order and Family of strepsirrhine primates?
Order: Primates, Family: Lepilemuridae.
What is the Order and Family of the Sportive Lemur?
Order: Primates, Family: Lemuridae.
What is the Order and Family of the Lemuridae?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Odobenidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Walrus?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Otariidae, Genus: Arctocephalus, Species: australis.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Southern Fur Seals?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Phocidae, Genus: Halichoerus, Species: grypus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Grey Seal?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Ailuridae.
What is the Order and Family of the Red Panda?
Order: Pilosa, Family: Megalonychidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Two-toed Sloth?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Muridae, Genus: Rattus, Species: norvegicus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Norwegian Rat?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Sciuridae, Genus: Poliocitellus, Species: franklinii.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Franklin’s Ground Squirrel?
Order: Afrosoricida, Family: Chrysochloridae.
What is the Order and Family of the African Golden Mole?
Order: Macroscelidea, Family: Macroscelididae.
What is the Order and Family of the Western Rock Elephant Shrew?
Order: Macroscelidea, Family: Macroscelididae.
What is the Order and Family of the Short-eared Elephant Shrew?
Order: Macroscelidea, Family: Macroscelididae.
What is the Order and Family of the Golden-rumped Sengi?
Order: Macroscelidea, Family: Macroscelididae.
What is the Order and Family of the Rufous Elephant Shrew?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Sciuridae, Genus: Marmota, Species: monax.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Groundhog?
Order: Lagomorpha, Family: Ochotonidae, Genus: Ochotona, Species: princeps.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the American Pika?
Order: Lagomorpha, Family: (not specified).
What is the Order and Family of the Lagomorphs?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Cricetidae, Genus: Myodes, Species: gapperi.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Red-backed Vole?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Dipodidae, Genus: Zapus, Species: hudsonius.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Meadow Jumping Mouse?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Cricetidae, Genus: Dicrostonyx, Species: groenlandicus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Arctic Lemming?
Order: Tubulidentata, Family: Orycteropodidae, Genus: Orycteropus, Species: afer.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Aardvark?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Cricetidae, Genus: Peromyscus, Species: leucopus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Eastern White-footed Mouse?
Order: Afrosoricida, Family: Tenrecidae, Genus: Hemicentetes, Species: semispinosus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Streaked Tenrec?
Order: Afrosoricida, Family: Tenrecidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Tenrec?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Aplodontidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Mountain Beaver?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Geomyidae, Genus: Thomomys, Species: talpoides.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Northern Pocket Gopher?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Sciuridae, Genus: Urocitellus, Species: richardsonii.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Richardson’s Ground Squirrel?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Sciuridae, Genus: Tamias, Species: minimus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Least Chipmunk?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Sciuridae, Genus: Callospermophilus, Species: lateralis.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Sciuridae, Genus: Tamiasciurus, Species: douglasii.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Douglas Squirrel?
Order: Rodentia, Family: Erethizontidae, Genus: Erethizon, Species: dorsatum.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the North American Porcupine?
Order: Macroscelidea, Family: Macroscelididae.
What is the Order and Family of the Forest Elephant Shrew?
Order: Macroscelidea, Family: Macroscelididae.
What is the Order and Family of the Long-eared Elephant Shrew?
Order: Proboscidea, Family: Elephantidae.
What is the Order and Family of the African Forest Elephant?
Order: Hyracoidea, Family: Procaviidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Cape Hyrax?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Suidae, Genus: Sus, Species: scrofa.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Wild Pig or Wild Boar?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Tayassuidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Collared Peccary?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Cervidae, Genus: Rangifer, Species: tarandus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Reindeer?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Tragulidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Chevrotain?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Camelidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Dromedary Camel?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Camelidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Vicuña (Llama)?
Order: Perissodactyla, Family: Tapiridae.
What is the Order and Family of the Tapir?
Order: Cetacea, Family: Ziphiidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Cuvier’s Beaked Whale?
Order: Hyracoidea, Family: Procaviidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Hyrax?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Hippopotamidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Hippopotamus?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Camelidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Camelidae?
Order: Proboscidea, Family: Elephantidae, Genus: Mammuthus, Species: primigenius.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Mammoth?
Order: Cetacea, Family: Balaenopteridae.
What is the Order and Family of the Baleen Whales?
Order: Cetacea, Family: Monodontidae.
What is the Order and Family of the Beluga Whale?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Bovidae, Genus: Eudorcas, Species: thomsonii.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Thomson’s Gazelle?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Bovidae, Genus: Capra, Species: aegagrus.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Goat?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Antilocapridae, Genus: Antilocapra, Species: americana.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the North American Antelope?
Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Bovidae, Genus: Ovis, Species: canadensis.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Bighorn Sheep?
Order: Carnivora, Family: Procyonidae, Genus: Procyon, Species: lotor.
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Raccoon?
Order: Perissodactyla, Family: Equidae, Genus: Equus, Species: caballus
What is the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of the Horse?
