Animal scientific names
- Fish scientific name
- Bird scientific name
- Snake scientific name
- Dolphin scientific name
- Shark scientific name
- Whale scientific name
- Crab scientific name
- Butterfly scientific name
- Spider scientific name
Scientific names
As an example of a scientific name in action, the scientific name for humans is Homo sapiens. In this example of a scientific name, the genus name is Homo and the species is sapiens. These terms are unique and no other species can have this same name. Scientific names are designed to tell you something about an animal's relationships with other animals.
Whale Scientific Names
- Eubalaena australis, Southern right whale
- Eubalaena glacialis, North Atlantic right whale
- Eubalaena japonica, North Pacific right whale
- Balaena mysticetus, Bowhead whale
- Caperea marginata, Pygmy right whale
- Eschrichtius robustus, Gray whale
- Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Common minke whale
- Balaenoptera bonaerensis, Antarctic minke whale
- Balaenoptera borealis, Sei whale
- Balaenoptera brydei, Bryde’s whale
- Balaenoptera edeni, Eden’s whale
- Balaenoptera musculus, Blue whale
- Balaenoptera omurai, Omura’s whale
- Balaenoptera physalus, Fin whale
- Megaptera novaeangliae, Humpback whale
- Physeter macrocephalus, Sperm whale
- Kogia breviceps, Pygmy sperm whale
- Kogia sima, Dwarf sperm whale
- Delphinapterus leucas, White whale
- Feresa attenuata, pygmy killer whale
- Pseudorca crassidens, false killer whale
- Orcinus orca, Killer whale
- Globicephala melas, Long-finned pilot whale
- Globicephala macrorhynchus, Short-finned pilot whale
- Tasmacetus shepherdi, Shepherd’s beaked whale
- Berardius bairdii, Baird’s beaked whale
- Berardius arnuxii Arnoux’s, beaked whale
- Mesoplodon pacificus, Longman’s beaked whale
- Mesoplodon bidens, Sowerby’s beaked whale
- Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville’s beaked whale
- Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais’ beaked whale
- Mesoplodon layardii, strap-toothed whale
- Mesoplodon hectori, Hector’s beaked whale
- Mesoplodon grayi, Gray’s beaked whale
- Mesoplodon stejnegeri, Stejneger’s beaked whale
- Mesoplodon bowdoini, Andrews’ beaked whale
- Mesoplodon mirus, True’s beaked whale
- Mesoplodon gingkodens, Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale
- Mesoplodon carlhubbsi, Hubbs’ beaked whale
- Mesoplodon peruvianus, Pygmy beaked whale
- Mesoplodon traversii, Spade-toothed whale
- Mesoplodon perrini, Perrin’s beaked whale
- Ziphius cavirostris, Cuvier’s beaked whale
- Hyperoodon ampullatus, Northern bottlenose whale
- Hyperoodon planifrons, Southern bottlenose whale