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Revision as of 23:06, 12 August 2010
Many species and even entire genera have been named after elements of J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium. Some items on the list are junior synonyms – they were coined for a taxon that had an earlier published name, and thus are not the official name according to the rules of zoological nomenclature. These are marked in the footnotes.
| Taxon | Refers to |
| Aletodon mellon | Quenya: mellon |
| Ancalagon minor | Ancalagon |
| Ankalagon saurognathus | Ancalagon[note 1] |
| Anisonchus eowynae Anisonschus athelas[note 2] |
Eowyn and Athelas |
| Bofuria | Bofur |
| Bomburia | Bombur |
| Bubogonia bombadili | Tom Bombadil |
| Claenodon mumak | Mûmakil |
| Deltatherium durini | Durin |
| Elachista amrodella[note 3] | Amrod |
| Elachista aredhella | Aredhel |
| Elachista caranthirella | Caranthir |
| Elachista curufinella | Curufin |
| Elachista daeronella | Daeron |
| Elachista diorella | Dior |
| Elachista finarfinella | Finarfin |
| Elachista gildorella | Gildor Inglorion |
| Elachista indisella | Indis |
| Elachista maglorella | Maglor |
| Elachista miriella | Miriel |
| Elachista turgonella | Turgon |
| Leucothoe tolkieni | J.R.R. Tolkien |
| Protoselene bombadili | Tom Bombadil |
| Smeagol[note 4] | Gollum |
- Fimbrethil ambaronae Van Valen, 1978 (Paleocene mammal, synonym of Oxyacodon agapetillus (Cope 1884)) Fimbrethil was an Ent-maiden; Ambaróna was a name for the Ents' forest.
- Frodospira Wagner 1999 (Silurian gastropod) A small genus named after a certain hobbit. [Am. Malacological Bull. 15:1-31]
- Galaxias gollumoides (fresh-water fish) Named after Gollum because it has large eyes and was found in a swamp.
- Gollum Compagno, 1973 (catshark)
- Gollumjapyx smeagol (dipluran hexapod)
- Gwaihiria Nauman (diapriid wasp) Named for Gwaihir, Lord of the Eagles.
- Litaletes ondolinde Van Valen, 1978 (Paleocene mammal) for Ondolindë, an Elven city.
- Macrostyphlus frodo Morrone, 1994 (Andean weevil)
- Macrostyphlus gandalf Morrone, 1994 (Andean weevil) [This and M. frodo are from American Museum Novitates 3104: 1-63.]
- Mimotricentes mirielae Van Valen, 1978 (Paleocene mammal, synonym of Loxolophus hyattianus (Cope, 1885)) after Míriel, an Elf.
- Mimatuta morgoth Van Valen, 1978 (Paleocene mammal) for the "dark enemy of the world."
- Mimatuta minuial Van Valen, 1978 (Paleocene mammal) "minuial" is Elvish for dawn's twilight.
- Mithrandir Van Valen, 1978 (Paleocene mammal) one of the names of the wizard Gandalf.
- Niphredil radagasti Van Valen, 1978 (Paleocene mammal, now in genus Paleotomus) * Niphredil is a small Middle Earth flower. Radagast the Brown was a wizard.
- Osteoborus orc Webb, 1969 (Pliocene canid)
- Oxyprimus galadrielae Van Valen, 1978 (arctocyonid Paleocene mammal) for elf Lady Galadriel.
- Pericompsus bilbo Erwin (carabid) for the title character of The Hobbit. So called because "it was short, fat, and had hairy feet."
- Platymastus palantir Van Valen, 1978 (Paleocene mammal) The palantír was a magical viewing stone.
- Protungulatum gorgun Van Valen, 1978 (Paleocene mammal) "gorgûn" is a term for Orcs.
- Smeagolia Hedqvist, 1973 (pteromalid wasp)
- Syconycteris hobbit (moss-forest blossom bat)
- Thangorodrim thalion Van Valen (Paleocene mammal, synonym of Oxyclaenus Cope 1884) Thangorodrim are the three tallest towers of Endor; Thalion is a character from Tolkien's The Silmarillion.
- Tinuviel Van Valen (Paleocene mammal) for a most beautiful elf. The name is Elvish for nightingale.
Notes
- ↑ Spelt with a k because the genus Ancalagon was already occupied by Ancalagon minor. The species name saurognathus is Latin for "lizard jaw" but also bears a resemblance to Sauron.
- ↑ Synonyms for the same species.
- ↑ Moths of this species are, according to biologist Lauri Kaila, similar to Elves in that they are inconspicuous and have spread to the western hemisphere.
- ↑ The only genus in the family Smeagolidae.
References
- Isaak, Marc. Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature: Etymology: Fiction. Updated 2010-08-02. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
