Canadensis
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canadensis is a New Latin term meaning of Canada which is used in taxonomy to denote species which are indigenous to, or are strongly associated with Canada.
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[edit] Animals and insects
- Aquila chrysaetos canadensis, common name Golden Eagle
- Branta canadensis, common name Canada Goose
- Branta hutchinsii or Branta canadensis hutchinsii, common name Cackling Goose
- Castor canadensis, common name American Beaver
- Cervus canadensis, common name Elk or Wapiti
- Falcipennis canadensis, common name Spruce Grouse
- Grus canadensis tabida, common name Sandhill Crane
- Lontra canadensis, common name Northern River Otter or North American River Otter
- Lynx canadensis, common name Canadian Lynx
- Ochlerotatus canadensis, a mosquito
- Ovis canadensis, common name Bighorn Sheep
- Perisoreus canadensis, common name moosebird, Canada jay, or gray jay
- Sakesphorus canadensis
- Sander canadensis, common name Sauger
- Sitta canadensis, common name Red-breasted Nuthatc
- Wilsonia canadensis, common name Canada Warbler
[edit] Plants
- Allium canadense, common name Wild Onion, Meadow Garlic, Tree Onion, and Canadian Garlic
- Amelanchier canadensis, with many common names, including Canadian serviceberry, Juneberry, Shadblow Serviceberry, Shadblow, Shadbush, Shadbush Serviceberry, Sugarplum, Thicket Serviceberry
- Anemone canadensis, common name Canada Anemone
- Antennaria canadensis, a subspecies of Antennaria howellii, common name Canada pussytoes
- Aquilegia canadensis, common name Wild Columbine, Canadian columbine, or red columbine
- Arabis canadensis, common name sicklepod
- Astragalus canadensis, common name milk-vetch
- Bromus ciliatus or Bromus canadensis, common name Fringed Brome
- Calamagrostis canadensis, common name Canada bluejoint, Canada reedgrass, Langsdorff's reedgrass, or Macoun's reedgrass
- Cercis canadensis, common name Eastern Redbud
- Circaea canadensis
- Collinsonia canadensis, with many common names, including Canada Horsebalm, Richweed, Hardhack, Heal-All, Horseweed, Ox-Balm and Stone root
- Conyza canadensis, with many common names, including Horseweed, Canadian Horseweed, Canadian Fleabane, Coltstail, Marestail and Butterweed
- Cornus canadensis, common name Canadian Dwarf Cornel, Canadian Bunchberry or crackerberry
- Cryptotaenia canadensis, common name Canada honewort
- Dicentra canadensis, common name squirrel corn
- Elodea canadensis, common name American waterweed, common waterweed, or Canadian waterweed and Anacharis
- Elymus canadensis, common name Canada wild rye
- Hydrastis canadensis, common name Goldenseal, Orange-root, or Orangeroot
- Lactuca canadensis, a variety of lettuce with multiple sub-species, with common names Canada Lettuce, Florida Blue Lettuce, and Wild Lettuce
- Laportea canadensis, common name wood nettle
- Linaria canadensis or Nuttallanthus canadensis, with many common names, including Blue toad-flax, Blue toadflax, Old-field toadflax, Toad-flax
- Pedicularis canadensis, common name Wood betony and Canada lousewort
- Sambucus canadensis, common name American Elderberry
- Sanguinaria canadensis, common name bloodroot
- Shepherdia canadensis, common name Canada Buffaloberry
- Solidago canadensis, common name Canada golden-rod or Canada goldenrod
- Stipa canadensis, common name feather grass, needle grass, and spear grass
- Taxus canadensis, common name Canadian Yew
- Tsuga canadensis, common name Eastern Hemlock or Canadian Hemlock
- Viola canadensis, common name Canadian white violet, Canada Violet, tall white violet, or white violet
[edit] Other
Extinct species include:
- Anomalocaris canadensis, or "anomalous shrimp"
- Brachylophosaurus canadensis, a mid-sized member of the hadrosaurid family of dinosaurs
- Monoclonius canadensis, included with Chasmosaurus canadensis
- Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis, an ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period
- Xanioascus canadensis, a ctenophore
Pathogens:
[edit] See also
- Canadensis, Pennsylvania, USA, in Monroe County
- Atlantic whitefish, binomial name Coregonus huntsmani, was once known as Coregonus canadensis until it was reclassified in 1987

