User:Idris/Asuran pet names

Being an asura, my ranger has no time for sentimental frivolities such as naming her pets. Instead, her specimens are classified according to a logical taxonomical system for ease of reference.

I've taken inspiration from binomial nomenclature, which takes the form [genus name] [species name]. (These names are typically pretentious Latin or ancient Greek, though there's no requirement for them to be perfectly linguistically accurate.) This approach largely reflects the way pets are classified in-game, though I've consolidated a few families that only had a single member species. I've also tried to keep names similar to the scientific classifications of their real-life counterparts, where applicable.

Bears

Family	Species		Notes
Ursus			Real-life name of the common bear genus
	Arctodus		Real-life name of the (extinct) short-faced bear genus
	Ascalonus		Fake Latin for "Ascalonian" (Inspired by the real-life name of the black bear, Ursus americanus)
	Arctos		Real-life name of the brown bear
	Morbidus		Latin for "sickly, diseased"
	Maritimus		Real-life name of the polar bear

Birds

Family	Species		Notes
Avis			Real-life name of the bird class
	Aquila		Latin for "eagle"
	Accipiter		Latin root for the real-life name of the hawk family
	Strix		Latin root for the real-life name of the true owl family
	Corax		Real-life name of the common raven
	Leucorax		Derived from the ancient Greek leukós, "white", and Latin corax, "raven"

Cats

Family	Species		Notes
Panthera			Real-life name of the big cat genus
	Acinonyx		Real-life name of the cheetah genus
	Onca		Real-life name of the jaguar
	Maguumalis		Fake Latin for "of the Maguuma Jungle"
	Lynx		Real-life name of the lynx genus
	Leo		Real-life name of the lion
	Uncia		Real-life name of the snow leopard
	Tigris		Real-life name of the tiger

Devourers

Family	Species		Notes
Scorpius			Latin for "scorpion"
	Cadavorus		Derived from the Latin words cadaver, "dead body", and voro, "devour" (Necrophagous is a more standard term that means the same thing, but sadly exceeds the 19-character limit)
	Aculeus		Latin for "stinger"
	Flagellum		Latin for "whip"

Dogs

Family	Species		Notes
Canis			Real-life name of the common dog genus
	Alpinus		Latin for "alpine"
	Pteris		Ancient Greek for "fern"
	Hyaena		Latin root for the real-life name of the hyena family
	Familiaris		Real-life name of the domestic dog
	Lupus		Real-life name of the gray wolf

Drakes

Family	Species		Notes
Draco			Latin root for "drake"
	Arcticus		Latin for "arctic"
	Crocodylus		Real-life name of the common crocodile genus
	Tropicalis		Latin for "tropical"
	Potamus		Ancient Greek for "river"
	Salamandra		Real-life name of the fire salamander

Fish

Family	Species		Notes
Ichthys			Ancient Greek for "fish"
	Placodermis		Real-life name of the (extinct) armoured fish class
	Carcharias		Latin for "shark"

Gazelles

Family	Species		Notes
Gazella			Real-life name of the gazelle genus
	Petra		Latin for "rock"

Jellyfish

Family	Species		Notes
Medusozoa			Real-life name of the jellyfish subphylum
	Caeruleus		Latin for "blue"
	Irideus		Latin for "rainbow-coloured" (Hard to find sources for this; however, the coastal rainbow trout, O. m. irideus, sets a precedent)
	Rubeus		Latin for "red"

Moas

Family	Species		Notes
Dinornis			Real-life name of the (extinct) giant moa genus
	Piceus		Latin for "pitch-black"
	Caeruleus		Latin for "blue"
	Roseus		Latin for "pink" (I would have preferred to use the real-life name of the flamingo, but phoenicopteridae exceeds the 19-character limit)
	Rubeus		Latin for "red"
	Albus		Latin for "white"

Pigs

Family	Species		Notes
Sus			Real-life name of the common pig genus
	Scrofa		Real-life name of the wild boar
	Domesticus		Real-life name of the domestic pig
	Tapirus		Real-life name of the tapir genus
	Phacochoerus		Real-life name of the warthog genus

Plants

Family	Species		Notes
Plantae			Real-life name of the plant kingdom
	Iboga		Real-life name of the iboga
	Jacaranda		Real-life name of the jacaranda genus

Saurians

Family	Species		Notes
Sauros			Ancient Greek root for the -saur suffix in "dinosaur"
	Spinae		Latin for "spines"
	Fumus		Latin for "smoke"

Spiders

Family	Species		Notes
Aranea			Real-life name of the spider order
	Latrodectus		Real-life name of the widow spider genus
	Troglodytes		Latin for "cave-dweller"
	Silvestris		Latin for "of the forest"
	Maguumalis		Fake Latin for "of the Maguuma Jungle"

Wyverns

Family	Species		Notes
Wyvernus			Fake Latin for "wyvern"
	Electricus		Latin for "electric"
	Ignis		Latin for "fire"