- Genus name: Rattus
- Species name: rattus
- Subspecies name: rattus
You’d actually say it as R. rattus rattus or Rattus r. rattus.
Also, the scientific name of the Western lowland gorilla is gorilla gorilla gorilla. You’d say it as G. g. gorilla.
The OG
The GGG
Gorilla Gorilla Allin?
Hey that’s Cancer Mouse recoloured!
Ratatatata
Vulpes vulpes vulpes is another one, I’m gonna guess that all these triple names are from the eighteenth century, when the dude said this subspecies is the regular one so I’ll keep repeating the name to make it clear. Like vulgaris in plants.
$ wget https://www.itis.gov/downloads/itisMySQLTables.tar.gz $ unp -U itisMySQLTables.tar.gz $ cd itisMySQL072826 $ cut -d'|' -f2 longnames|grep -iE '^([^ ]+) \1 \1$' Porites porites porites Volva volva volva Modiolus modiolus modiolus Quadrula quadrula quadrula Arcinella arcinella arcinella Echiurus echiurus echiurus Sprattus sprattus sprattus Lepadogaster lepadogaster lepadogaster Pungitius pungitius pungitius Caretta caretta caretta Puffinus puffinus puffinus Sula sula sula Anhinga anhinga anhinga Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax Lagopus lagopus lagopus Perdix perdix perdix Limosa limosa limosa Alle alle alle Apus apus apus Riparia riparia riparia Troglodytes troglodytes troglodytes Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis Coccothraustes coccothraustes coccothraustes Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula Carduelis carduelis carduelis Pica pica pica Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe Ciconia ciconia ciconia Bison bison bison Clelia clelia clelia Phocoena phocoena phocoena Gulo gulo gulo Hyaena hyaena hyaena Nasua nasua nasua Belone belone belone Lerwa lerwa lerwa Francolinus francolinus francolinus Coturnix coturnix coturnix Gallus gallus gallus Crossoptilon crossoptilon crossoptilon Zungaro zungaro zungaro Bubo bubo bubo Amazilia amazilia amazilia Coeligena coeligena coeligena Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio Grus grus grus Manacus manacus manacus Pipra pipra pipra Suiriri suiriri suiriri Anser anser anser Pauxi pauxi pauxi Gallinago gallinago gallinago Caracal caracal caracal Lynx lynx lynx Genetta genetta genetta Vulpes vulpes vulpes Lutra lutra lutra Martes martes martes Meles meles meles Mephitis mephitis mephitis Icterus icterus icterus Curaeus curaeus curaeus Melanodera melanodera melanodera Diuca diuca diuca Nyctelius nyctelius nyctelius Buteo buteo buteo Cochlearius cochlearius cochlearius Jacana jacana jacana Milvus milvus milvus Chinchilla chinchilla chinchilla Tibicen tibicen tibicen Avicularia avicularia avicularia Alces alces alces Capreolus capreolus capreolus Dama dama dama Gazella gazella gazella Oreotragus oreotragus oreotragus Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra Redunca redunca redunca Quelea quelea quelea Regulus regulus regulus Tchagra tchagra tchagra Phoenicurus phoenicurus phoenicurus Petronia petronia petronia Cinclus cinclus cinclus Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Amandava amandava amandava Petaurista petaurista petaurista Marmota marmota marmota Hoolock hoolock hoolock Gorilla gorilla gorilla Indri indri indri Pithecia pithecia pithecia Saccolaimus saccolaimus saccolaimus Molossus molossus molossus Pipistrellus pipistrellus pipistrellus Myotis myotis myotis Chitra chitra chitra Microchaetus microchaetus microchaetus Chloris chloris chloris Giraffa giraffa giraffa Basiliscus basiliscus basiliscus Cerastes cerastes cerastes Natrix natrix natrix Astacus astacus astacus Colius colius colius Chalcides chalcides chalcides Scincus scincus scincus Schoeniclus schoeniclus schoeniclus Radjah radjah radjah Himantopus himantopus himantopus Antigone antigone antigone Pyrope pyrope pyrope Curruca curruca curruca Bufo bufo bufo Vicugna vicugna vicugna Erythrogenys erythrogenys erythrogenys $Bison bison bison
Oh sweet buttery Jesus yes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
to
Buffalo Bison bison bison Buffalo Bison bison bison buffalo buffalo Buffalo Bison bison bison.
Colleagues must think im crying on the toilet but I’m trying to silently laugh tears. Thank you.
Nice grep command
Am I blind or is that list missing r. r. rattus?
double checks
It’s not in there. Could be that the subspecies classification was recent or undone or controversial or something?
My OCD demanded I take a few minutes and alphabetize that list. Also added the few mentions in the comments that were not included:
Alces alces alces Alle alle alle Amandava amandava amandava Amazilia amazilia amazilia Anhinga anhinga anhinga Anser anser anser Antigone antigone antigone Apus apus apus Arcinella arcinella arcinella Astacus astacus astacus Avicularia avicularia avicularia
Basiliscus basiliscus basiliscus Belone belone belone Bison bison bison Bubo bubo bubo Bufo bufo bufo Buteo buteo buteo
Capreolus capreolus capreolus Caracal caracal caracal Carduelis carduelis carduelis Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis Caretta caretta caretta Cerastes cerastes cerastes Chalcides chalcides chalcides Chinchilla chinchilla chinchilla Chitra chitra chitra Chloris chloris chloris Ciconia ciconia ciconia Cinclus cinclus cinclus Clelia clelia clelia Coccothraustes coccothraustes coccothraustes Cochlearius cochlearius cochlearius Coeligena coeligena coeligena Colius colius colius Coturnix coturnix coturnix Crossoptilon crossoptilon crossoptilon Curaeus curaeus curaeus Curruca curruca curruca
Dama dama dama Diuca diuca diuca
Echiurus echiurus echiurus Erythrogenys erythrogenys erythrogenys
Francolinus francolinus francolinus
Gallinago gallinago gallinago Gallus gallus gallus Gazella gazella gazella Genetta genetta genetta Giraffa giraffa giraffa Gorilla gorilla gorilla Grus grus grus Gulo gulo gulo
Himantopus himantopus himantopus Hoolock hoolock hoolock Hyaena hyaena hyaena
Icterus icterus icterus Indri indri indri
Jacana jacana jacana
Lagopus lagopus lagopus Lepadogaster lepadogaster lepadogaster Lerwa lerwa lerwa Limosa limosa limosa Lutra lutra lutra Lynx lynx lynx
Manacus manacus manacus Marmota marmota marmota Martes martes martes Melanodera melanodera melanodera Meles meles meles Mephitis mephitis mephitis Microchaetus microchaetus microchaetus Milvus milvus milvus Modiolus modiolus modiolus Molossus molossus molossus Myotis myotis myotis
Nasua nasua nasua Natrix natrix natrix Nyctelius nyctelius nyctelius Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax
Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe Oreotragus oreotragus oreotragus
Pauxi pauxi pauxi Perdix perdix perdix Petaurista petaurista petaurista Petronia petronia petronia Phocoena phocoena phocoena Phoenicurus phoenicurus phoenicurus Pica pica pica Pipistrellus pipistrellus pipistrellus Pipra pipra pipra Pithecia pithecia pithecia Porites porites porites Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio Puffinus puffinus puffinus Pungitius pungitius pungitius Pyrope pyrope pyrope Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula
Quadrula quadrula quadrula Quelea quelea quelea
Radjah radjah radjah Rattus rattus rattus Redunca redunca redunca Regulus regulus regulus Riparia riparia riparia Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra
Saccolaimus saccolaimus saccolaimus Salamandra salamandra salamandra Schoeniclus schoeniclus schoeniclus Scincus scincus scincus Sprattus sprattus sprattus Suiriri suiriri suiriri Sula sula sula
Tchagra tchagra tchagra Tibicen tibicen tibicen Troglodytes troglodytes troglodytes
Vicugna vicugna vicugna Volva volva volva Vulpes vulpes vulpes
Zungaro zungaro zungaro
The rat so nice they named it thrice!
Once. Twice. Three times a rattus.
If this isn’t yet a death metal song, it should be.
Rattus R. Rattus has some real Chuck E. Cheese energy.
Rattus R. Rattus is his well-to-do British uncle.
Rat3
Rat cubed.
The rattest rat
Saying its name trice is a summoning chant, which may have worked a bit too well. You should check your house just in case.
Similarly, the Eurasian Brown Bear is Ursus Arctos Arctos (U. a. arctos) which just means Bear Bear Bear in Latin and Ancient Greek, respectively 😄
This seems like a fact that John Oliver would bring up.
Crucially, I forgot to note the taxonomist who described it:
Rat in a dollhouse always cheers me up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bYbLv20Q0I
I had Fire Salamanders for a long time and their scientific name was Salamandra salamandra salamandra (or S. s. salamandra)
