List of triple tautonyms
The following is a list of triple tautonyms: zoological names of species consisting of three identical words (the generic name, the specific name and the subspecies have the same spelling). Such names are allowed in zoology, but not in botany, where the two parts of the name of a species must differ (though differences as small as one letter are permitted, as in the jujube (Ziziphus zizyphus)).
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List
- Alces alces alces, the Eurasian elk
- Bison bison bison, the Great Plains bison
- Bubo bubo bubo, the European eagle-owl
- Bufo bufo bufo, the European toad
- Buteo buteo buteo, the common buzzard
- Capreolus capreolus capreolus, the European roe buck
- Caretta caretta caretta, the Atlantic loggerhead turtle
- Crossoptilon crossoptilon crossoptilon, the Szechuan white-eared pheasant
- Francolinus francolinus francolinus, the black francolin
- Gallus gallus gallus, the Cochin-Chinese red jungle fowl
- Giraffa giraffa giraffa, the South African giraffe[a]
- Gorilla gorilla gorilla, the western lowland gorilla
- Lagopus lagopus lagopus, the willow ptarmigan
- Lynx lynx lynx, the northern European lynx
- Meles meles meles, the European badger
- Naja naja naja, the Indian cobra
- Redunca redunca redunca, the Bohor reedbuck
- Vulpes vulpes vulpes, the Scandinavian red fox
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Notes
References
- ^ Fennessy J.; Bidon T.; Reuss F.; Kumar V.; Elkan P.; Nilsson M.A.; Vamberger M.; Fritz U.; Janke A. (2016). "Multi-locus Analyses Reveal Four Giraffe Species Instead of One". Current Biology. 26: 1–7. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.036. PMID 27618261.
- Wolpow, E. R. (1983). Triple Tautonyms in Biology. Word Ways, 16(2), 10.