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List of tautonyms

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The following is a list of tautonyms: zoological names of species consisting of two identical words (the generic name and the specific name 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 cumin, Cuminum cyminum).

Mammals

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Gazella gazella
Indri indriindri
Myotis myotis
Vulpes vulpes

Birds

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Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Ensifera ensifera
Himantopus himantopus
Lagopus lagopus
Milvus milvus
Nycticorax nycticorax
Vanellus vanellus

Reptiles

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Naja naja

Amphibians

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Bombina bombina

Fish

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Anguilla anguilla
Carassius carassius
Limanda limanda

Arthropods

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Grapsus grapsus
Melolontha melolontha

Molluscs

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Concholepas concholepas

Other

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Velella velella

Plant near-tautonyms

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See also

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