Glossary · also vernacular name
Common name
The everyday name for an animal in a given language.
Common names vary by language and region, one animal can have several, and one name can mean different animals in different places. That is why each page also shows the scientific name.
This site writes English common names in sentence case and lists names in other languages on each species page where the sources provide them.
Related terms
- Scientific name
- The formal two-part name of a species, written in italics: the genus, then the species.