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List of the species in IMGT

English names, unless indicated, are those used in NCBI Taxonomy, IMGT Repertoire and IMGT/LIGM-DB flatfiles.
Mus has been added in IMGT/LIGM-DB to allow a query on all Mus sequences, including Mus sp..
Unknown genus and/or species are indicated with gen. and/or sp., respectively.

Click on the Latin name for a link to the Taxonomy Browser at NCBI
Click on the English name for a link to other databases (FishBase).

In IMGT tables and figures, genus and species names may be abbreviated if necessary, with 6 letters, 3 from the genus name and 3 from the species name. For example: Acibae for Acipenser baeri, Homsap for Homo sapiens...

Latin names English names
Acipenser baeri Siberian sturgeon
Acipenser ruthenus Sterlet
Ajaia ajaja
Ambystoma mexicanum Axolotl
Amia calva Bowfin
Anarhichas minor Spotted wolffish (1)
Anas platyrhynchos Mallard ducks
Aotus nancymaae Ma's night monkey
Aotus trivirgatus Douroucouli
Argyropelecus hemigymnus Half-naked hatchetfish
Ateles belzebuth Long-haired spider monkey
Ateles geoffroyi Black-handed spider monkey
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Minke whale
Bos gaurus Gaur
Bos javanicus Banteng
Bos taurus Bovine (2), Cow
Caiman crocodilus Spectacled caiman
Cairina moschata Muscovy duck
Callithrix jacchus White-tufted-ear marmoset
Camelus dromedarius Arabian camel
Canis familiaris Dog
Canis sp.
Capra hircus Goat
Carassius auratus Goldfish
Carcharhinus leucas Bull shark
Carcharhinus plumbeus Sandbar shark
Cebus apella Brown capuchin
Cercocebus torquatus atys Sooty mangabey
Cercopithecus aethiops African green monkey
Chaenocephalus aceratus Blackfin icefish (1)
Chionodraco hamatus
Colobus polykomos King colobus
Cricetinae gen. sp. Hamster (4)
Cricetulus migratorius Armenian hamster
Cyprinus carpio Common carp
Danio rerio Zebra danio, Zebrafish (2)
Dicentrarchus labrax European seabass
Elops saurus Ladyfish
Epinephelus coioides Orange-spotted grouper, Estuary rock cod
Equus caballus Horse
Erythrocebus patas Red guenon
Felis catus Cat
Felis sp.
Gadus morhua Atlantic cod
Gallus gallus Chicken
Gallus sp.
Gasterosteus aculeatus Three spined stickleback
Ginglymostoma cirratum Nurse shark
Gorilla gorilla Gorilla
Heterodontus francisci Horn shark
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Atlantic halibut
Homo sapiens Human
Hydrolagus colliei Spotted ratfish
Hylobates lar Common gibbon
Ictalurus punctatus Channel catfish
Lama glama Llama
Latimeria chalumnae Coelacanth
Lepisosteus osseus Longnose gar
Lepus americanus Snowshoe hare
Lepus californicus Black-tailed jackrabbit
Lepus callotis White-sided jackrabbit
Lepus capensis Brown hare
Lepus castroviejoi Broom Hare
Lepus europaeus European hare
Lepus granatensis Granada hare
Lepus saxatilis Scrub hare
Lepus timidus Mountain hare
Macaca arctoides Stump-tailed macaque
Macaca assamensis Assam macaque
Macaca cyclopis Taiwan macaque
Macaca fascicularis Crab-eating macaque
Macaca mulatta Rhesus monkey
Macaca nemestrina Pig-tailed macaque
Macaca silenus Liontail macaque
Macaca thibetana Pere David's macaque
Macropus eugenii Tammar wallaby
Macropus rufogriseus Red-necked wallaby
Marmota monax Woodchuck
Mesocricetus auratus Golden hamster
Monodelphis domestica South American short-tailed grey opossum
Murinae gen. sp.
Mus cookii Cook's mouse
Mus minutoides Pygmy mouse
Mus musculus House mouse, mouse (2)
Mus musculus castaneus Southeastern Asian house mouse
Mus musculus domesticus Western European house mouse
Mus musculus molossinus
Mus musculus musculus Eastern European house mouse
Mus pahari Shrew mouse
Mus saxicola Spiny mouse
Mus sp.
Mus spretus Western wild mouse
Mustela vison American mink
Notothenia coriiceps Yellowbelly rockcod (1), Black rockcod
Oncorhynchus mykiss Rainbow trout
Orectolobus maculatus Spotted wobbegong
Ornithorhynchus anatinus Duckbill platypus (4), Platypus
Oryctolagus cuniculus Rabbit
Oryzias latipes Japanese medaka
Ovis aries Sheep
Ovis sp.
Pan paniscus Pygmy chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes Chimpanzee
Papio anubis Olive baboon
Papio anubis anubis Olive baboon
Papio cynocephalus anubis Olive baboon
Papio hamadryas papio Guinea baboon
Paralichthys olivaceus Bastard halibut
Peromyscus maniculatus Deer mouse
Pongo pygmaeus Orangutan
Presbytis comata Grizzled leaf monkey
Presbytis cristata
Presbytis femoralis Banded leaf monkey
Presbytis melalophos Mitred leaf monkey
Protopterus aethiopicus Marbled lungfish
Raja eglanteria Clearnose skate
Raja erinacea (3) Little skate
Rattus fuscipes Bush rat
Rattus leucopus Mottle-tailed rat
Rattus norvegicus Norway rat
Rattus rattus Black rat
Rattus sordidus Australian dusky field rat
Rattus sp.
Rattus tunneyi Tunney's rat
Rattus villosissimus Long-haired rat
Saguinus labiatus Red-chested mustached tamarin
Saguinus oedipus Cotton-top tamarin
Salmo salar Atlantic salmon
Salmo trutta Sea trout, Brown trout (2)
Salvelinus alpinus Charr (1), Arctic char
Scophthalmus maximus Turbot
Scyliorhinus canicula Small-spotted catshark
Seriola quinqueradiata Japanese amberjack, Five-ray yellowtail (2)
Siniperca chuatsi Chinese perch
Sphoeroides nephelus Southern puffer (1)
Squalus acanthias Piked dogfish (1), Spiny dogfish
Stegastes partitus Bicolor damselfish
Suncus murinus House shrew
Sus scrofa Pig
Sus sp.
Sylvilagus cunicularis
Tachyglossus aculeatus Australian echidna
Takifugu rubripes Torafugu (1)
Tetraodon nigroviridis Spotted green pufferfish (1)
Trachemys scripta elegans
Trematomus bernacchii Emerald rockcod (1)
Trichosurus vulpecula Common brush-tailed possum (4), Silver-gray brushtail possum
Tursiops truncatus Bottle-nosed dolphin
Xenopus Frogs (4)
Xenopus laevis African clawed frog
Xenopus laevis/gilli
Xenopus tropicalis Western clawed frog
Xenopus sp. Clawed frog
IMGT notes:
(1)In FishBase and IMGT Repertoire.
(2)In IMGT Repertoire.
(3)Leucoraja erinacea instead of Raja erinacea in FishBase.
(4)In IMGT/LIGM-DB.