Canadensis

Canadensis is a New Latin term meaning of Canada which is used in taxonomy to denote species which are indigenous to, or are strongly associated with Canada.

Animals

• Castor canadensis, common names American Beaver, Canadian Beaver, and North American Beaver
• Cervus canadensis, common name Elk or Wapiti
• Lontra canadensis, common name Northern River Otter or North American River Otter
• Lynx canadensis, common name Canadian Lynx
• Ovis canadensis, common name Bighorn Sheep
• Sander canadensis, common name Sauger

Birds

• Aquila chrysaetos canadensis, common name Golden Eagle
• Branta canadensis, common name Canada Goose
• Branta hutchinsii or Branta canadensis hutchinsii, common name Cackling Goose
• Falcipennis canadensis, common name Spruce Grouse
• Grus canadensis, common name Sandhill Crane
• Perisoreus canadensis, common name moosebird, Canada jay, or gray jay
• Sakesphorus canadensis, common name Black-crested Antshrike
• Sitta canadensis, common name Red-breasted Nuthatch
• Wilsonia canadensis, common name Canada Warbler
• Caryothraustes canadensis, common name Yellow-green Grosbeak

Insects

• Argyresthia canadensis, a moth with common name Canadian Arborvitae Leafminer or Cedar Leafminer
• Calyptra canadensis, a moth with common name Canadian Owlet
• Harpagoxenus canadensis, a species of ant
• Ochlerotatus canadensis, a species of mosquito
• Papilio canadensis, a butterfly with common name Canadian Tiger Swallowtail
• Sphinx canadensis, a moth with common name Canadian Sphinx
• Tephronota canadensis, a species of fly
• Trypeta canadensis, a species of fly
• Zeiraphera canadensis, a moth with common name Spruce Bud Moth

Nematodes

• Heterodera canadensis, a plant pathogen

Plants

• Allium canadense, common name Wild Onion, Meadow Garlic, Tree Onion, and Canadian Garlic
• Amelanchier canadensis, with many common names, including Canadian serviceberry, Juneberry, Shadblow Serviceberry, Shadblow, Shadbush, Shadbush Serviceberry, Sugarplum, Thicket Serviceberry
• Anemone canadensis, common name Canada Anemone
• Antennaria canadensis, a subspecies of Antennaria howellii, common name Canada pussytoes
• Aquilegia canadensis, common name Wild Columbine, Canadian columbine, or red columbine
• Arabis canadensis, common name sicklepod
• Astragalus canadensis, common name milk-vetch
• Bromus ciliatus or Bromus canadensis, common name Fringed Brome
• Calamagrostis canadensis, common name Canada bluejoint, Canada reedgrass, Langsdorff's reedgrass, or Macoun's reedgrass
• Cercis canadensis, common name Eastern Redbud
• Circaea canadensis
• Collinsonia canadensis, with many common names, including Canada Horsebalm, Richweed, Hardhack, Heal-All, Horseweed, Ox-Balm and Stone root
• Conyza canadensis, with many common names, including Horseweed, Canadian Horseweed, Canadian Fleabane, Coltstail, Marestail and Butterweed
• Cornus canadensis, common name Canadian Dwarf Cornel, Canadian Bunchberry or crackerberry
• Cryptotaenia canadensis, common name Canada honewort
• Dicentra canadensis, common name squirrel corn
• Elodea canadensis, common name American waterweed, common waterweed, or Canadian waterweed and Anacharis
• Elymus canadensis, common name Canada wild rye
• Hydrastis canadensis, common name Goldenseal, Orange-root, or Orangeroot
• Lactuca canadensis, a variety of lettuce with multiple sub-species, with common names Canada Lettuce, Florida Blue Lettuce, and Wild Lettuce
• Laportea canadensis, common name wood nettle
• Mentha canadensis, a species of mint
• Nuttallanthus canadensis or Linaria canadensis, with many common names, including Blue toad-flax, Blue toadflax, Old-field toadflax, Toad-flax
• Pedicularis canadensis, common name Wood betony and Canada lousewort
• Sambucus canadensis, common name American Elderberry
• Sanguinaria canadensis, common name bloodroot
• Sanguisorba canadensis, common name Canadian burnet
• Sanicula canadensis, common name Black Snakeroot
• Shepherdia canadensis, common name Canada Buffaloberry
• Solidago canadensis, common name Canada golden-rod or Canada goldenrod
• Stipa canadensis, common name feather grass, needle grass, and spear grass
• Taxus canadensis, common name Canadian Yew
• Tsuga canadensis, common name Eastern Hemlock or Canadian Hemlock
• Viola canadensis, common name Canadian white violet, Canada Violet, tall white violet, or white violet

Other

Extinct species include:

• Anomalocaris canadensis, or "anomalous shrimp"
• Brachylophosaurus canadensis, a mid-sized member of the hadrosaurid family of dinosaurs
• Grewingkia canadensis, a species of prehistoric coral
• Leidyosuchus canadensis, an alligatorid
• Monoclonius canadensis, included with Chasmosaurus canadensis
• Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis, an ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period
• Plumulites canadensis, an annelid worm and member of the machaeridian family
• Xanioascus canadensis, a ctenophore

Pathogens:

• Typhula ishikariensis var. canadensis

See also

• Canadensis, Pennsylvania, USA, in Monroe County
• Atlantic whitefish, binomial name Coregonus huntsmani, was once known as Coregonus canadensis until it was reclassified in 1987

Species Latin binomial name abbreviations

• P. canadensis (disambiguation)