Villdjuranamn

Listi øver villdjuranamn (List of Wild animal names)

ON = Old Norse

akermus nf vole
api nm ape
bison nm american bison or american buffalo (Bison bison)
bjørn nf bear
brokk nm badger (Scots brock, Sc.Gael. broc)
dratsi nm otter
fil nm elephant (ON fíll, from Arabic fil - فيل )
foks nm fox
frosk nm frog (ON froskr)
giraff nm giraf
gorilla nf gorilla
hjeri nm hare
hjoggalt nm hedgehog (hjog hill + galt hog)
hoggormek nm adder, north.english hagworm (Vipera berus) ON högg-ormr
hval nm whale
hvitabjørn nf polar bear (ON hvítabjörn "the white bear")
hvitrott nf stout
ikorn nm squirrel (ON íkorni, from Greek Σκίουρος)
kamel nm camel
kjonin nf rabbit
ljun nn lion (ON ljón)
loðfil nm woolly mammoth (Icel. loðfíll)
mink nm mink
muskoksi nm muskox
mus nf mouse
møldvirp nf mole
mår nm weasel
noshyrnek nm rhinoceros (nos nose + hyrnek horn[ed])
padd nf toad
rotta nf rat
sebra nf zebra
sel nm seal
sjinpansi nm chimpanzee
ormek, snåk nm snake, serpent (Serpentes) ON ormr, snákr (poet.) tiger nm tiger (Panthera tigris)
ulv nm wolf
visund nm european bison or wisent (Bison bonasus) ON visundr
ødla nm lizard (Lacertilia) åarross nn hippopotamus (å river + ross horse)