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Named animals-- Cats

  • leo, grey

Chickens

  • aquila (eagle), brown
    • altair (a aquila), brown
  • columba (dove), white
    • fakhitah (a columba), white
    • wazn (b columba), white
  • tucana (toucan), brown
  • corvus (crow), black
    • gienah (g corvi), black
    • kraz (b corvi), black
  • phoenix (phoenix), black
    • ankaa (a phoenix), black

Cows

  • sirenia, white
    • manatee, white
      • inunguis, white
      • manatus, white
    • dugong, white
      • balguja (wunambal name for dugong), white
  • tarbh-uisge, white
  • taurus, brown
    • aldebaran, brown

Dinos

  • chamaeleon
  • draco
    • eltanin (g draco)
  • lacerta
  • hydra
    • alphard

Ducks

  • cygnus (swan)
    • deneb (a cygnus)
  • grus (crane)
    • alnair (a grus)
    • tiaki (b grus)

Goats

  • capricorn (sea goat)
    • algedi (d capricorn)
  • bootes (herdsman)

Horse

    • hippocampus

Ostrich

  • circinus
  • octans
  • pyxis

Pigs

  • andromeda, in chinese astronomy it can be a boar
    • sirrah, alpha andromeda
  • medea, which likely came from a root of andromeda
  • gullinbursti, norse mythology

Rabbit

  • lepus
  • jawza
  • arsh (al-jawza), one of the stars that form the quadrilateral
  • kursiyy (al-jawza), corsair, one of the stars that form the quadrilateral
  • al-nihal, "the camels quenching their thirst" (arabic), one of the stars that form the quadrilateral

Sheep

  • aries
    • hamal alpha aries
      • lou
      • lou su because of a Chinese star cluster consisting of alpha/beta/gamma aries
        • chrysomallos: the golden fleece ram
    • sheraton: beta aries
    • bharani: gamma aries

notes:

birds

  • Chalkydri (chicken)
  • simorgh (chicken)
  • boobrie (chicken)
  • bukavac (cow)
  • scutum (duck), wild duck cluster in it

horse name ideas

  • auriga, charioteer
  • camelopardalis, giraffe
  • centarus, centaur
  • equuleus, pony
  • pegasus, pegasus

reptiles

  • hydrus, lesser water snake
  • ophiuchus, serpent-bearer
  • serpens, snake
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