Funny Animals Names Species. You won't believe these zany creatures with funny animal names are totally true. But this becomes increasing difficult with so many new names added every year.

It sounds like the kind of offhand insult you'd hear in a disney tv sitcom—gosh, mom, don't have a screaming hairy armadillo!—but chaetophractus vellerosis is a real animal, and one that lives up to its name. These funny animal names were not invented by scientists, not even close. Found in chile, they are known for their extremely painful stings, hence the common name cow killer or cow ant.

So every now and then, scientists have a bit of fun naming their species.

The first 4 names have a much higher chance of having a more guttural sound to them, ideal for the stronger and brutish looking aliens. Hyla stingi.america’s president, vice president and defence secretary each got a beetle (agathidium bushi, a. The list contains their names as males, females, babies and groups. The similarity between the two animals sometimes causes people to mix the names of the two.