Villdjuranamn

Listi øver villdjuranamn (List of Wild animal names)

ON = Old Norse

akermus nf vole (Microtus agrestis)
api nm ape
bison nm american bison or american buffalo (Bison bison)
bjuver nm beaver (Castoridae) ON bjórr
bjørn nf bear (Ursidae)
brokk nm badger (Melinae) Scots brock, Sc.Gael. broc
dratsi nm otter (Lutra lutra)
edla nm (ferføtla) nf lizard (Lacertilia) ON eðla (viper) Icelandic eðla (lizard)
fil nm elephant (ON fíll, from Arabic fil - فيل )
foks nm fox (Vulpes vulpes)
frosk nm frog (ON froskr)
giraff nm giraf
gorilla nf gorilla
hjeri nm hare, mountain hare (Lepus timidus)
hjoggalt nm hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) (hjog hill + galt hog)
hjogmus nm hill mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
hoggormek nm adder, north.english hagworm (Vipera berus) ON höggormr
hval nm whale
hvitabjørn nf polar bear (ON hvítabjörn "the white bear")
hvitrott nf stout (Mustela erminea)
ikorn nm squirrel (ON íkorni, from Greek Σκίουρος)
kamel nm camel
kengura nf kangaroo (Macropodidae)
kjonin nf rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) Scots kyunnen
kobb, kub nm young seal (Phocidae) ON kobbi
krokodill nf crocodile (Crocodylidae)
ljun nn lion (ON ljón)
loðfil nm woolly mammoth (Icel. loðfíll)
mink nm mink (Neovison vison)
muskoksi nm muskox
mus, husmus nf mouse, house mouse (Mus musculus)
møldvirp nf mole
mår nm weasel
noshyrnek nm rhinoceros (nos nose + hyrnek horn[ed])
ormek, snåk nm snake, serpent (Serpentes) ON ormr, snákr (poet.)
padd nf toad
rendjur nn reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) ON hreindýri
risaedla nf dinosaur (Dinosauria) icelandic risaeðla (giant lizard)
rosshval nm walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) ON hross-hvalr
rotta nf rat, brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)
sandferføtla nf sand lizard (Lacerta agilis)
sebra nf zebra
sel nm seal
sjinpansi nm chimpanzee
tiger nm tiger (Panthera tigris)
ulv nm wolf
visund nm european bison or wisent (Bison bonasus) ON visundr
åarross nn hippopotamus (å river + ross horse)