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The following text gives guidance to the name forests provided here for the animals called vertebrates.  Domestic vertebrates are included in the list here and a list of their names here.  Note that {{../xRd}} is used to give an ex prefix to signal extinction.

Amphibians

 ( ⇑   ⇑⇑   ⇓⇓   ⇓ )    Wikipedia has a page for amphibians here, also a list of them here.

Frogs: 

Caudata: 

Gymnophiona: 

Birds

 ( ⇑   ⇑⇑   ⇓⇓   ⇓ )    Wikipedia has a page for birds here, also lists of them here and here.  Most bird species are passerines.  The following name tree groves are of familiar birds, or simply or interestingly named birds.

Corvids:  crow,  jackdaw,  raven,  rook.

Flightless:  penguin;  ratites:  cassowary,  emu,  kiwi,  ostrich,  rhea.

Raptors:  condor,  eagle,  vulture.

Seabirds:  skua 

Waterbirds:  gadwall,  sora.

Domestic Birds

  An overall list of links to domestic birds is given here, and they are also included here.

  Links are given here for both generic types and specific breeds.  The names of types usually start with a small letter, the names of breeds with a capital letter.

Fowl — (types): capon,  bantam,  gamebird,  gamecock;  (breeds):  Australorp,  Cochin,  Friesian,  Leghorn,  Pekin,  Plymouth Rock,  Sussex,  Wyandotte.

Fish

 ( ⇑   ⇑⇑   ⇓⇓   ⇓ )    Wikipedia has a page for fish here, also lists, such as a general outline, and a huge list of common fish names.

  The presentation of fish here is affected by there being well over 30,000 described species of them.  Thus the first four groves are taxonomical, the others practical.  There will be much overlap.

Chondrichthyes: 

Cyclostomata: 

Forage fish:  shad,  smelt,  sprat.

Osteichthyes: 

Perciformes: 

Other:  tarpon (breathers)

Domestic Fish

  Wikipedia lists commercial fish here, and farmed fish here and here.

Aquaculture:  barramundi,  carp,  catla, 

Mammals

 ( ⇑   ⇑⇑   ⇓⇓   ⇓ )    Wikipedia has a page for mammals here, also a huge list of them, here.  The following name tree groves are of familiar mammals, or simply or interestingly named mammals.

Bovids:  antelope,  bison,  buffalo,  eland,  gazelle,  gnu,  hartebeest,  saiga,  springbok,  wisent.

Canids:  coyote,  dhole,  dingo,  fox,  jackal,  wolf.

Felids:  caracal,  cougar,  cheetah,  jaguar,  jaguarundi,  kodkod,  lion,  lynx,  margay,  ocelot,  oncilla,  serval,  tiger,  wolf.

Domestic Mammals

  An overall list of links to domestic animal breed lists is given here.

  Links are given here for both generic types and specific breeds.  The names of types usually start with a small letter, the names of breeds with a capital letter.

Cats– (types):  bobtail,  longhair,  rex,  shorthair,  tabby;  (breeds): Abyssinian,  Angora,  Cornish Rex,  Manx,  Persian,  Savannah, Siamese.

Cattle– (types):  beef,  dairy,  draft;  (beef):  Angus,  Brahman, Charolais,  Dexter,  Galloway,  Hereford,  (dairy):  Ayrshire,  Holstein,  Jersey,  Shorthorn. (draft):  gayal,  ox,  yak,  zebu.

Dogs– (types):  bulldog,  collie,  hound,  mastiff,  poodle,  spaniel,  terrier,  toy dog;  (breeds): Alsatian,  Chihuahua,  Dachshund,  Dalmatian,  Doberman,  Pomeranian,  Schnauzer,  Whippet.

Reptiles

 ( ⇑   ⇑⇑   ⇓⇓   ⇓ )    Wikipedia has a page for reptiles here, also a list of them here and a regional list of lists.

Anapsida: 

Archosauria: 

Diapsida: