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Animals - Taxonomy to Common Name

Can you guess the common names of these animal groups based on their scientific name?
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First submittedOctober 21, 2020
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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
Findlay
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Level 83
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
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Level ∞
Oct 26, 2020
Sure, why not.
EcceHomo
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Level 75
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?
kalbahamut
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Level 84
Nov 3, 2020
orangutans are only slightly above average apes
SMS
+2
Level 71
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
+5
Level 69
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
+2
Level 68
Nov 3, 2020
Isn't it mastodon rather than mastadon?
AlexThirkell
+2
Level 73
Nov 3, 2020
Yes indeed it is.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Nov 3, 2020
Fixed
Luma
+2
Level 47
Nov 3, 2020
I tried 'Sea Cow' for Sirenia, should that not be accepted?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Nov 3, 2020
Sea cow will work now.
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 88
Nov 3, 2020
Hey that rhymes!
ander217
+2
Level 76
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.)
GrammarBeane1
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Level 77
Nov 3, 2020
Can you accept canines for the dog/wolf/foxes since that's what the group is called?
Pharley
+1
Level 71
Nov 4, 2020
Why are sheep listed in both bovidae and ovis?
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Nov 4, 2020
Bovidae is a family, Ovis is a genus.
sturgeonzilla
+1
Level 22
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
+1
Level 67
Nov 5, 2020
I think you should add Pseudoscorpions, and Solfugids/Solpugids to Arachnids because they are all very different from the answers.
BrennoAU
+2
Level 43
Nov 7, 2020
how many people would answer pseudoscorpion for arachnid though, especially as scorpion fits
redsplat
+1
Level 75
Feb 7, 2021
A pseudoscorpion's mom would, at the very least!
AlmostAGenius
+1
Level 74
Aug 9, 2022
How many pseudoscorpion parents are actually on JetPunk though?
Willuna
+1
Level 55
Mar 10, 2023
bunny as a type in for rabbit?
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