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Species with Funny English Common Names

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Delightful Dagger Moth 1
Acronicta vinnula
Aequidens rivulatus 2
Strange-tailed Tyrant 3
Alectrurus risora
Cock-tailed Tyrant 4
Alectrurus tricolor
Tufted Tit-Tyrant 5
Anairetes parulus
Black Margate 6
Anisotremus surinamensis
Astronesthes richardsoni 7
The Slowpoke 1
Athetis tarda
Bagarius bagarius 8
Battaristis concinusella 1
Gang-gang Cockatoo 9
Callocephalon fimbriatum
Calumia godeffroyi 10
Fingerprint Toby 11
Canthigaster compressa
Chuck-will's-widow 12
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Whip-poor-will 13
Caprimulgus vociferus
Monkey-faced Prickleback 14
Cebidichthys violaceus
Dumb Gulper Shark 8
Centrophorus harrissoni
Screaming Hairy Armadillo 15
Chaetophractus vellerosus
Lesser Fairy Armadillo 16
Chlamyphorus truncatus
Bananaquit 17
Coereba flaveola
Bare-faced Go-away Bird 18
Corythaixoides personatus
Cyclopterus lumpus 19
Pacarana 20
Dinomys branickii
Tomato Frog 21
Dyscophus antongilii
Grateful Midget 1
Elaphria grata
Eumicrotremus spinosus 22
bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil
Gerbillurus vallinus
Slippery Dick 23
Halichoeres bivittatus
Puddingwife 23
Halichoeres radiatus
strange big-eared brown bat
Histiotus alienus
Pepino de mar 24
Holothuria impatiens
Holsingeria unthanksensis 25
Cookiecutter Shark 26
Isistius brasiliensis
Acrobatic Cavy
Kerodon acrobata
Lipstick leporinus 27
Leporinus arcus
Screaming Piha
Lipaugus vociferans
Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler 28
Macronous ptilosus
Yellow-bellied Marmot 29
Marmota flaviventris
Flamboyant Cuttlefish
Metasepia pfefferi
Sapito Rojo Del Yapacana
Minyobates steyermarki
tubícola chusco 30
Neoclinus blanchardi
Neoconocephalus exiliscanorus 31
Nerite 32
Nerita peloronta
Estrella de mar
Nidorellia armata
Nycteola metaspilella 33
devil's coach-horse beetle 29
Ocypus olens
Smalltooth Sand Tiger 8
Odontaspis ferox
Oneirodes epithales
Cynical Quaker 1
Orthodes cynica
Palibythus magnificus
Egg-yolk Jelly 34
Phacellophora camtschatica
Beewolves 35
Philanthus
Handsome Fruiteater
Pipreola formosa
Pleurobema strodeanum
Pomadasys incisus 8
Chocolate Chip Sea Star 36
Protoreaster nodosus
Psychrolutes phrictus 37
Willie Wagtail 18
Rhipidura leucophrys
Andean Cock-of-the-rock 38
Rupicola peruvianus
Guianan Cock-of-the-rock 39
Rupicola rupicola
Sargochromis carlottae
Dwarf Cuttlefish 40
Sepia bandensis
Sideridis congermana 41
Coral Cardinalfish 42
Sphaeramia nematoptera
Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Sphiggurus pruinosus
Boobies 43
Sula
Masked Booby 44
Sula dactylatra
Triatoma sanguisuga
Ulolonche modesta 41
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu 45
Uraeginthus bengalus
Satanic Leaf Tailed Gecko 46
Uroplatus phantasticus

Edited by Marie Studer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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  • 6. (c) John E. Randall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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  • 10. (c) Rick Winterbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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