I used to often go through lists, google searches, and so on looking for funny/weird animal names. I have made quite a few lists already, and I thought I would make a post here to see if some of you know some good ones. plants and fungi also welcome :) Here are some of my favorites that I can fin…

From the taxon page: There are six described species in Narnia. Humans, fauns, beavers, lions, centaurs, mice …? :sweat_smile:

Don’t forget pavenders and fresney.

According to Wikipedia the burbot has quite a few names, and I really wonder where they came from (especially “mariah” and “the lawyer”) Cynometra cauliflora has an unusual common name in some parts of maritime Southeast Asia which translate to… dog’s female genitals (of which the genus name is a d…

I just randomly found Jägerskiöld’s crazy ant , that just sounds funny for some reason, saying that it is a crazy ant, and the fact that it has ä and ö, it is the first English common name that I found that has those letters.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/152995-Leander-plumosus Donald duck shrimp

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62805-Monadenia Sideband snails. In ham radio, sideband is a communication mode like AM and FM.

Having worked with data radios, I’ve wondered if they’re single-sideband or double-sideband snails, and what the carrier is. Strotarchus beepbeep (spider) is named for the Road Runner. It’s found in Arizona, as are roadrunners. Gentle dagger is a moth. Moths in the genus Acronicta are called dagge…

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oksanaetal May 20, 2025, 5:49pm 728

Named crazy because of the way they run - crazily.

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