• Genus name: Rattus
  • Species name: rattus
  • Subspecies name: rattus

You'd actually say it as R. rattus rattus or Rattus r. rattus.

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[–] 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

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.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago* (6 children)
    $ 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
    $
    
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  • [–] 20 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    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

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