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Geeta Pandey

Class 12th
Biology
3 years ago

What is an example of tautonym? and what is tautonym?

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Dileep Vishwakarma

3 years ago

A number of animal species, however, have the same name for both genus and species, which creates a scientific name known as a tautonym. Moderately well-known examples of tautonyms are those for the wolverine (Gulo gulo), the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), and the moose (Alces alces).

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