| Common name | Scientific name (taxonomy link) | Japanese name (jeKai link) | Romanization | Comments |
| canid | Canidae (family) | イヌカ【犬科】 | inu ka | |
| Canis (genus) | イヌゾク【犬属】 | inu zoku | ||
| dog | Canis familiaris | 犬（いぬ） | inu | |
| carnivore | Carnivora (order) | ショクニクモク【食肉目】 | shokuniku moku | |
| Cathartes (genus) | ？属 | ? zoku | ||
| turkey vulture | Cathartes aura | ひめコンドル（ひめこんどる） | hime kondoru | sublisting |
| vulture | Cathartidae (New World) or Accipitridae (Old World) (families) | ハゲワシ【禿鷲】 | hage washi | |
| Cathartidae (family) | ？科 | ? ka | New World vultures and condors | |
| Choripetalae (subclass) | 離弁花亜綱（りべんかあこう） | ribenka akou | sublisting-known usually as 離弁花類（りべんかるい） /ribenka rui/ | |
| chordate | Chordata (phylum) | せきさくどうぶつもん【脊索動物門】 | sekisaku doubutsu mon | |
| Crenarchaeota | sublisting | |||
| common cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | カッコウ | kakkou | |
| Cuculidae (family) | hototogisu ka | |||
| Cuculiformes (order) | hotogisu moku | |||
| Cuculus (genus) | hototogisu zoku | |||
| little cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | ホトトギス【不如帰】 | hototogisu | See also ほととぎす【不如帰】 |
| Oriental cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | 筒鳥（つつどり） | tsutsu dori |
This entry was created by Benjamin Barrett.
Created 2001-03-23 by Benjamin Barrett.