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Can you guess the common names of these animal groups based on their scientific name?
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Classification
Rank
Common name(s)
Canidae
family
dogs | wolves | foxes
Bovidae
family
cattle | sheep | goats | bison | antelopes
Aves
class
birds
Arachnida
class
spiders | scorpions | ticks | mites | horseshoe crabs
Felidae
family
cats
Hominidae
family
humans | chimpanzees | bonobos | orangutans | gorillas
Equidae
family
horse | donkeys | zebras
Ursidae
family
bears
Cervidae
family
deer
Leporidae
family
rabbits | hares
Sirenia
order
manatees | dugongs
Muridae
family
mice | rats | gerbils
Corvidae
family
crows | ravens | rooks | jackdaws | blue jays
Serpentes
suborder
snakes
Cygnus
genus
swans
Ovis
genus
sheep
Proboscidea
order
elephants | mammoths | mastodons
Cetacea
infraorder
dolphins | porpoises | whales
Cephalopoda
class
octopuses | squid | cuttlefish | nautiluses
Formicidae
family
ants
Lepidoptera
order
butterflies | moths
Decapoda
order
crayfish | crabs | lobsters | prawns | shrimp
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42 Comments
Findlay
+6
Level 80
Oct 26, 2020
Great ape as a type in for Hominidae? That was the first thing I tried, as I figure it covered off on the whole lot.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Oct 26, 2020
Sure, why not.
EcceHomo
+4
Level 86
Mar 1, 2021
Hey QM. Nice quiz. Man and men don't work. The rubric does say common word. Is man / men less common than human?
GlassMonkeyOLD
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Level 69
Oct 10, 2023
Not all great apes are hominids though
CornishEuropean
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Level 58
Oct 10, 2023
All the great apes (the various species of Chimpanzee, Orangutan, Gorilla, Human) are part of the Hominidae family. The terms hominid is essentially interchangeable with Great Ape in this context.

"The Hominidae , whose members are known as the great apes or hominids (/ˈhɒmɪnɪdz/), are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: Pongo (the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan); Gorilla (the eastern and western gorilla); Pan (the chimpanzee and the bonobo); and Homo, of which only modern humans (Homo sapiens) remain."

AlmostAGenius
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Level 89
Oct 10, 2023
I believe that they all are. Gibbons are considered to be lesser apes.
Omgxijinping
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Level 31
Jul 24, 2025
can you please add "lamb" to both Ovis and Bovidae?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Nov 3, 2020
orangutans are only slightly above average apes
SMS
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Level 73
Oct 29, 2020
I was going to comment to say that horseshoe crabs not arachnids, but form a separate class within the subphylum Chelicerata. However, upon doing some quick research, it seems that the most recent studies do in fact place horseshoe crabs within the Arachnida. I don't think it's completely settled yet, and it certainly hasn't made its way into textbooks.
giommaso
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Level 77
Nov 3, 2020
Super easy coming from a romance language.

I got stuck with "decapoda" thinking "what kind of arthropod has 10 legs?", and thinking of some kind of centipede. Turns out it's prawns.

Temudhun
+5
Level 73
Nov 3, 2020
Isn't it mastodon rather than mastadon?
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Nov 3, 2020
Fixed
Luma
+3
Level 46
Nov 3, 2020
I tried 'Sea Cow' for Sirenia, should that not be accepted?
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Nov 3, 2020
Sea cow will work now.
Jacktheguy
+5
Level 93
Nov 3, 2020
Hey that rhymes!
ander217
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Level 73
Nov 3, 2020
He's a poet and didn't know it - but his feet show it, they're Longfellows. (One of my Dad's sayings, and apologies to QM. I have no idea about the size of your feet.)
GlassMonkeyOLD
+1
Level 69
Oct 10, 2023
It's actually: I'm a poet, and I know it, hope I don't blow it. But I'm sure there are variations.
GrammarBeane1
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Level 82
Nov 3, 2020
Can you accept canines for the dog/wolf/foxes since that's what the group is called?
HydratedMite
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Level 68
Oct 16, 2023
That's two letters off from the scientific name.
Pharley
+1
Level 75
Nov 4, 2020
Why are sheep listed in both bovidae and ovis?
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Nov 4, 2020
Bovidae is a family, Ovis is a genus.
sturgeonzilla
+1
Level 23
Nov 4, 2020
Great quiz, but I would lump bison into cattle, unless of course you're talking about simply domestic cattle. If that's the case, you could also replace it with "wild cattle'', given that including ghaur, cape buffalo, etc would probably be a stretch. That aside it's a fantastic quiz!
jandjandlemur
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Level 66
Nov 5, 2020
I think you should add Pseudoscorpions, and Solfugids/Solpugids to Arachnids because they are all very different from the answers.
BrennoAU
+5
Level 42
Nov 7, 2020
how many people would answer pseudoscorpion for arachnid though, especially as scorpion fits
redsplat
+1
Level 72
Feb 7, 2021
A pseudoscorpion's mom would, at the very least!
AlmostAGenius
+3
Level 89
Aug 9, 2022
How many pseudoscorpion parents are actually on JetPunk though?
Xtrordinary
+1
Level 75
Feb 25, 2025
One beat the COTW quiz in 34 seconds
HydratedMite
+1
Level 68
Mar 3, 2025
Members of that one pseudoscorpion appreciation subreddit
Willuna
+2
Level 56
Mar 10, 2023
bunny as a type in for rabbit?
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Oct 10, 2023
haha
1284
+1
Level 36
Jun 19, 2023
Please do another one of these!
Koopa
+3
Level 88
Jul 8, 2023
Awesome mix of easy, medium, and difficult.
Goggynoggler
+2
Level 56
Oct 10, 2023
Magpies for corvidae?
GlassMonkeyOLD
+1
Level 69
Oct 10, 2023
If you know leprosy comes from rabbits, the rabbit question is easy.
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Oct 10, 2023
Interesting
Chump772
+1
Level 56
Oct 10, 2023
Could only think of muraenidae when I saw muridae
dsaved
+2
Level 71
Oct 11, 2023
I cherish the very few times when being Italian actually helps
cristauxfeur
+1
Level 59
Jul 17, 2024
or speaking French
insectenjoyer
+1
Level 71
Jan 16, 2024
fun quiz, one small correction: horseshoe crabs technically aren't arachnids, they are in the clade xiphosura which is closely related to arachnnids
cristauxfeur
+1
Level 59
Jul 17, 2024
Lol this is way easier when you speak a romance language
RoboJ9
+1
Level 62
Jan 3, 2025
Actually, Horseshoe Crabs are not arachnids, they belong to the class merostomata. Please change this.
ptilidion
+1
Level 37
Feb 16, 2025
Add more arachnids please
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