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 generic and specific epithets of a species must differ (though differences as small as one letter are permitted, as in cumin, Cuminum cyminum).

List

• Alces alces alces , the European elk
• Alle alle alle , a subspecies of little auk
• Ameiva ameiva ameiva , a subspecies of the giant ameiva (South American ground lizard)
• Anhinga anhinga anhinga, a subspecies of anhinga
• Anser anser anser , a subspecies of greylag goose
• Bison bison bison , the plains bison
• Bubo bubo bubo , the European eagle-owl
• Bufo bufo bufo , the European toad
• Buteo buteo buteo , the European buzzard
• Capreolus capreolus capreolus , the European roe deer
• Caracal caracal caracal , a subspecies of caracal
• Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis , a subspecies of northern cardinal
• Caretta caretta caretta , the Atlantic loggerhead sea turtle
• Ciconia ciconia ciconia , a subspecies of white stork
• Crossoptilon crossoptilon crossoptilon , the Szechuan white-eared pheasant
• Diuca diuca diuca, a subspecies of diuca finch
• Francolinus francolinus francolinus , a subspecies of black francolin
• Gallus gallus gallus , the Cochin-Chinese red junglefowl
• Giraffa giraffa giraffa , the South African giraffe ^[a]
• Gorilla gorilla gorilla , the western lowland gorilla
• Iguana iguana iguana , a subspecies of the green iguana
• Jacana jacana jacana , the wattled jacana
• Lagopus lagopus lagopus , the willow ptarmigan
• Lutra lutra lutra , the European and North African variant of the Eurasian otter
• Lynx lynx lynx , the Northern European lynx
• Meles meles meles , the European badger
• Mephitis mephitis mephitis , the Canada striped skunk
• Naja naja naja , the Indian cobra
• Natrix natrix natrix , the Central European variant of the grass snake
• Pica pica pica , a subspecies of Eurasian magpie
• Quelea quelea quelea , a subspecies of red-billed quelea
• Radjah radjah radjah , a subspecies of radjah shelduck
• Rattus rattus rattus , the roof rat
• Redunca redunca redunca , the Bohor reedbuck
• Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra , the Alpine chamois
• Suiriri suiriri suiriri , a subspecies of suiriri flycatcher
• Sula sula sula , the Caribbean and Southwest Atlantic Islands variant of the red-footed booby
• Vulpes vulpes vulpes , the Scandinavian red fox

See also

• List of tautonyms

Notes

1. Proposed classification ^[1]

References

1. 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 (18): 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.