Critters’ Latin Names

For completeness, some biologists like to include the Latin names of each species mentioned in their writings. Here is the scientific classification of each vertebrate species mentioned in “Threescore and Ten” in “Prime Time” in the 10 August 2010 Bemidj Pioneer. (Some biologists frown on use of the term ” Reptilia”, but I don’t.)

Class Reptilia, Order Squamata, Family Crotalidae, Crotalus viridis. Prairie Rattlesnake.
Class Aves, Order Falconiformes, Family Accipitridae, Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Bald Eagle.
Class Aves, Order Falconiformes, Family Accipitridae, Buteo regalis. Ferruginous Hawk.
Class Aves, Order Passeriformes, Family Fringillidae, Carpodacus mexicanus. House Finch.
Class Aves, Order Passeriformes, Family Passeridae, Passer domesticus. House Sparrow.
Class Mammalia, Order Primates, Family Hominidae, Homo sapiens. Human.
Class Mammalia, Order Carnivora, Family Canidae, Canis latrans. Coyote.
Class Mammalia, Order Carnivora, Family Canidae, Canis lupus familiaris. Domestic Dog.
Class Mammalia, Order Carnivora, Family Mustelidae, Mustela nigripes. Black-footed Ferret.
Class Mammalia, Order Rodentia, Family Sciuridae, Sciurus carolinensis. Eastern Gray Squirrel.
Class Mammalia, Order Rodentia, Family Sciuridae, Cynomys ludovicianus. Black-tailed Prairie Dog.
Class Mammalia, Order Rodentia, Family Sciuridae, Spermophilus richardsonii. Richardson’s Ground
Squirrel.
Class Mammalia, Order Rodentia, Family Sciuridae, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus. Thirteen-Lined
Ground Squirrel
Class Mammalia, Order Rodentia, Family Sciuridae, Spermophilus franklinii. Franklin’s Ground
Squirrel
Class Mammalia, Order Artiodactyla, Family Cervidae, Odocoileus virginianus. White-tailed Deer