Craziest animal names.

I always thought the animal that sounds most like an insult is the Disorderly-bristled Stumpy Earthworm.

 

That's not bad, I'll save that for later

 

A couple of birds with scientific names that are just fun to say:

Rollulus rouloul (crested wood partridge)
Upupa epops (hoopoe)

 

The pleasing fungus beetle. (Erotylidae)

 

Sweet home alabama crayfish
Holiday darter.

 

Bastard eel

The dinosaur genus Thescelosaurus means “godlike reptile”, though the animal itself is quite small by non-avian dinosaur standards

 

The mountain chicken. Need I say more?

 

Not as crazy as Bombay Duck!

 

I forgot about that species......

 

Surprised nobody mentioned this chap.

 

Sad flycatcher, tiny sky-tyrant and rough-faced shag come to mind.

 

Tiny Sky-Tyrant doesn’t exist; it’s a joke entry in the thread.

 

There is a tiny tyrant-manakin though.

 

Indeed there is. Thanks

 

Crazy worm
Firewood-gatherer
Forestwatcher
Avocado weevil

 

And Monstrous miner.

 

Wunderpus octopus

Also the fly genus Satanas

 

I just discovered this thread, and is it sad if I think it might be the best thread on Zoo Chat right now?

Also, I've always found the name mot-mot to be kind of funny sounding, although it gets blown out of the water by many of the other entries here.

 

Schneider's Surprise.

 

I always found Aye Aye crazy, considering it reminds me of pirates.