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ISBN13: 9798350910759, [publisher: BookBaby, Pennsauken] Hardcover Hardcover. "Tautonyms" explores the curious etymological origins of scientific names of animals in which both parts of each name are identical. These amusing yet uncommon names include Gorilla gorilla (the western gorilla), Salamandra salamandra (the fire salamander), and Boops boops (the bogue).For lovers of words and history, "Tautonyms" explores historically important events, beliefs, and myths of our human ancestors by explaining the meaning of names like Remora remora, the small suckerfish whose name reflects an ancient belief that this fish could attach itself to the hulls of Roman warships and stop or delay those ships from sailing. It also includes names like Mephitis mephitis, the striped skunk named after the Samnite goddess of foul-smelling gasses, and Tyrannus tyrannus, the eastern kingbird whose name comes from the Latin word for "tyrant" and refers to the bird's aggressive defense of its territory, even against much larger animals. Each tautonym presented in this book is accompanied by a concise explanation of its etymological origin and a description of the animal to which it refers.For the amateur zoologist, "Tautonyms" offers a trip around the animal world, capturing a slice of the vast biodiversity found on this planet. Animals with tautonymous names are found on, or in the waters of, every continent. They fly, swim, crawl, slither, and ...