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TIL there's a subspecies of rat whose scientific name is Rattus rattus rattus (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 months ago by TheTechnician27@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world

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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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[–] tal@lemmy.today 16 points 2 months ago* (6 children)

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$ 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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[–] tal@lemmy.today 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.

Buffalo Bison bison bison Buffalo Bison bison bison buffalo buffalo Buffalo Bison bison bison.

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[–] pheelicks@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

Colleagues must think im crying on the toilet but I'm trying to silently laugh tears. Thank you.

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago

Nice grep command

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[–] Kraiden@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

Am I blind or is that list missing r. r. rattus?

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago

double checks

It's not in there. Could be that the subspecies classification was recent or undone or controversial or something?

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[–] ReverendIrreverence@lemmy.ml 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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