Latin animal names: The top ten ... The name means pig-footed creature without a tail, but it has one. The specimen on which the name was based probably lost its tail to a predator. 3.

The names don't exactly trip off the tongue. But the official Latin monikers used to catalogue the world's animal species are about to be replaced – with the sort of bar code normally seen on a ...

It is to the 18th-century Swedish botanist and all-round naturalist Linnaeus that we owe Latin names as they exist today. Although they were used long before he was born, he was the first to use only ...

The common names of species might be less esoteric than their Greek- and Latin-based counterparts, but most animal names in the United States are derived from another language or from an earlier ...

Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright talk to River Cottage natural forager and author John Wright about the surprising and wonderful Latin names used to describe animals and plants. Show more Michael ...