| CHamoru / Refaluwasch | English Name | Scientific Name | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| - / Oschááp | Dragonfly (General Term) | Anisoptera | |
| Ababang (general Term)/ libweibwogh, libwogobwog (general term) | Eight spot butterfly | Hypolimnas octula marianensis | |
| No known name | Blue-Banded King Crow Butterfly | Euploea luecostictos | |
| Hafula | Manta ray | Manta alfredi | |
| Hilitai | Monitor lizard / Mangrove monitor | Veranus indicus | Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands |
| Brown Anole | Anolis sagrei | ||
| Gauliek (General Term) | Green Anole | Anolis carolinensis | Mariana Islands |
| Curisous Skink | Carlia ailanpalai | ||
| Emerald Tree Skink | Lamproplepis smaragdina | ||
| Garden lizard | Calotes versicolor | ||
| Yellow-bellied sea snake | Hydrophis platurus | ||
| Bikniti | Little tree snail | Partula radiolata | |
| Akaleha’ | Fragile tree snail | Samoana fragilis | |
| No known name | Humpbacked tree snail | Partula gibba | |
| Paluhe | Hawksbill Sea Turtle | Eretmochelys imbricate | |
| Haggan | Green Sea Turtle | Chelonia mydas | |
| Haggan | Leatherback Turtle | Dermochelys coriacea | |
| Banded tree snail | Partula langfordi | ||
| Uhang | Ghost shrimp | Palaemonetes paludosus | |
| Kakkak | Bittern, yellow | Ixobrychus sinensis | Guam |
| Chichirika/ chichirita | Fantail, Rufous | Rhipidura rurifrons | |
| Dugong | Manatee | Trichechus | |
| Totot | Marianas rose-crowned fruit dove | Ptilinopus roseicapilla | Mariana Islands |
| Sali | Micronesian starling | Aplonis opaca | Micronesia |
| Paluman kanau / Paluman Fånu'i | Nicobar pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica pelewensis | Mariana Islands, Palau |
| Må'måko / Ma' mako' | Pacific reef heron | Egretta sacra | Mariana Islands |
| Aga | Mariana Crow | Corvus kubaryi | |
| Nga'nga' / Nga' nga' palao | Mariana Mallard | Anas oustaleti | |
| Nosa' | Bridled White-eye | Zosterops conspicillatus | |
| Na'abak | Micronesian megapode | Megapodius laperouse | |
| Chugo / Chugu | Micronesian honeyeater | Myzomela rubratra | |
| Puluwe | Micronesian kingfisher | Todiramphus cinnamominus | |
| Ga'karissa | Nightingale reed warbler | Acrocephalus luscinius | |
| Kiro / Kiru | Guam rail | Gallirallus owstoni | Guam |
| Aga' | Guam flycatcher | Myiagra freycineti | Guam |
| Totot / Tutot | Mariana fruit dove | Ptilinopus roseicapilla | |
| Sali / Såli | Micronesian starling | Aplonis opaca | |
| Pugua / Pugwa | Mariana swiftlet | Aerodramus bartschi | |
| Chichurika / Chichurika palao | Guam rufous fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | |
| Koko / Koku | Guam rail | Gallirallus owstoni | Guam |
| Kuli / Kuli palao | Guam flycatcher | Myiagra freycineti | Guam |
| Puluwe / Puluwe palao | Micronesian kingfisher | Todiramphus cinnamominus | |
| Duku / Duku palao | Mariana crow | Corvus kubaryi | |
| Nosi / Nosi palao | Bridled white-eye | Zosterops conspicillatus | |
| Na'abak / Na'abak palao | Micronesian megapode | Megapodius laperouse | |
| Paluman sanhiyong / Paluman sanhilo' | Island collared dove | Streptopelia bitorquata | |
| Kå'kå' | Black francolin | Francolinus francolinus | |
| Fanihi | Mariana fruit bat | Pteropus mariannus | |
| Egigi / Eggi | Micronesian honeyeater | Myzomela rubratra | |
| Gå'ga' låncho | Feral chicken | Gallus gallus | |
| Månnok halomtåno' / Månnok hålom tåno' | Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | |
| Kåba' / Kåba' palao | Pond heron | Ardeola bacchus | |
| Kik | Little egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Chuchuko' / Chuchuko' palao | Reef heron | Egretta sacra | |
| Månnok / Månnok palao | Domestic chicken | Gallus gallus domesticus | |
| Båbi / Båbi palao | Pig | Sus scrofa domesticus | |
| Båbui halomtåno' / Båbui hålom tåno' | Wild boar | Sus scrofa | |
| Gå'ga' låncho / Gå'ga' låncho palao | Feral pig | Sus scrofa domesticus | |
| Ayuyu | Coconut crab | Birgus latro | |
| Hima | Giant clam | Tridacna gigas | |
| Kulo' | Triton's trumpet | Charonia tritonis | |
| Panglao / Panglaw | Mangrove crab | Scylla serrata | |
| Mahongang | Spiny lobster | Panulirus penicillatus | |
| Faha | Slipper lobster | Scyllarides squammosus | |
| Atuhong | Bumphead parrotfish | Bolbometopon muricatum | |
| Måming | Humphead wrasse | Cheilinus undulatus | |
| Tåhgon | Napoleon wrasse | Cheilinus undulatus | |
| Guihan / Guihan palao | Fish | Pisces | |
| Palakse' / Palakse' palao | Parrotfish | Scaridae | |
| Satmoneti / Satmoneti palao | Goatfish | Mullidae | |
| Tiao / Tiao palao | Juvenile goatfish | Mullidae | |
| Kadon / Kadon palao | Rabbitfish | Siganidae | |
| Sesyon / Sesyon palao | Rabbitfish | Siganidae | |
| Måñåhak / Måñåhak palao | Juvenile rabbitfish | Siganidae | |
| Ti'ao / Ti'ao palao | Juvenile goatfish | Mullidae | |
| I'e' / I'e' palao | Juvenile trevally | Carangidae | |
| Hågu / Hågu palao | Trevally | Carangidae | |
| Tataga' / Tataga' palao | Unicornfish | Naso | |
| Hangon / Hangon palao | Surgeonfish | Acanthuridae | |
| Kichu / Kichu palao | Surgeonfish | Acanthuridae | |
| Låggua / Låggua palao | Parrotfish | Scaridae | |
| Låtdo / Låtdo palao | Emperor | Lethrinidae | |
| Måfuti / Måfuti palao | Emperor | Lethrinidae | |
| Pulan / Pulan palao | Tarpon | Megalopidae | |
| Ulong / Ulong palao | Snapper | Lutjanidae | |
| Båyak / Båyak palao | Skipjack tuna | Katsuwonus pelamis | |
| Båku / Båku palao | Yellowfin tuna | Thunnus albacares | |
| Tångigi / Tångigi palao | Wahoo | Acanthocybium solandri | |
| Mahimahi / Mahimahi palao | Dolphinfish | Coryphaena hippurus | |
| Båtsala / Båtsala palao | Marlin | Istiophoridae | |
| Marlin / Marlin palao | Marlin | Istiophoridae | |
| No known name | Marlin | Istiophoridae | |
| Kadu / Kadu palao | Swordfish | Xiphias gladius | |
| Atulai / Atulai palao | Bigeye scad | Selar crumenophthalmus | |
| Halu'u / Halu'u palao | Shark | Selachimorpha | |
| Halu'un chilenko' / Halu'un chilenko' palao | Whitetip reef shark | Triaenodon obesus | |
| Halu'un dångkolo / Halu'un dångkolo palao | Grey reef shark | Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos | |
| No known name | Blacktip reef shark | Carcharhinus melanopterus | |
| No known name | Tiger shark | Galeocerdo cuvier | |
| No known name | Hammerhead shark | Sphyrnidae | |
| Fanihi halomtåno' / Fanihi hålom tåno' | Mariana fruit bat | Pteropus mariannus | |
| Båbui halomtåno' / Båbui hålom tåno' | Wild boar | Sus scrofa | |
| Båka halomtåno' / Båka hålom tåno' | Feral cattle | Bos taurus | |
| Binådu / Binådu palao | Philippine deer | Cervus mariannus | |
| No known name | Guekko | Gekkonidae | |
| Paluhe / Paluhe palao | Hawksbill turtle | Eretmochelys imbricata | |
| Haggan / Haggan palao | Green sea turtle | Chelonia mydas | |
| Hilitai / Hilitai palao | Mangrove monitor | Varanus indicus | |
| Kulepbla / Kulepbla palao | Brown tree snake | Boiga irregularis | |
| No known name | Blind snake | Ramphotyphlops braminus | |
| Haggan / Haggan palao | Hawksbill turtle | Eretmochelys imbricata | |
| Ahgupen (General Term) | Sea squirt | Ascidiacea | |
| Hima (General Term) | Giant clam | Tridacna | |
| Pahong (General Term) | Giant clam | Tridacna maxima | |
| Dogas (General Term) | Spider conch | Lambis lambis | |
| No known name | Triton's trumpet | Charonia tritonis | |
| No known name | Horned helmet | Cassis cornuta | |
| Pulan (General Term) | Cowrie | Cypraeidae | |
| No known name | Tiger cowrie | Cypraea tigris | |
| No known name | Golden cowrie | Cypraea aurantium | |
| No known name | Cone snail | Conidae | |
| No known name | Textile cone | Conus textile | |
| No known name | Geography cone | Conus geographus | |
| No known name | Tulip cone | Conus tulipa | |
| No known name | Striated cone | Conus striatus | |
| Laon (General Term) | Shortspine urchin | Tripneustes gratilla | |
| No known name | Longspine urchin | Diadema savignyi | |
| No known name | Flowery urchin | Taxopneustes pileolus |
| Chamoru / Refaluwasch Name | Common Name | Scientific Name | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| åroma/ arooma | needles bush | Acacia farneciana | South Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands, Africa, Mediterranean |
| mapunyao/ - | Aglaia mariannensis | Mariana and Caroline Islands | |
| sumac/ - | Aidia cochinchinensis | East/South Asia, Malesia, Western Pacific/ Micronesia | |
| /nget | Allophyllus timorensis | Western Central Pacific | |
| nanago, lodosong lahe/ - | Alyxia stellata | Pacific Region and Northeastern Australia | |
| lemmai/ mááy | breadfruit | Artocarpus altilis | Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Southeast Asia, Tropical Americas, Tropical Afica |
| dug dug/ - | breadfruit | Artocarpus mariannensis | Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Southeast Asia, Tropical Americas, Tropical Afica |
| puting/ guun | fish kill tree | Barringtonia asiatica | Western Indian Ocean, Indo-Pacifi to Central Pacific. |
| gausåli/ - | torchwood | Bikkia tetrandra | Western Pacific, Caroline Islands, Fiji, Marianas, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands. |
| achote/ ghasuutil | lipstick tree | Bixa orellana | Norther south America, Southeast Asia, Africa, |
| långiti/ lángit | Ochrosia mariannensis | Guam, Northern Mariana Islands | |
| amahadyan, amot tumagá/ - | ramie | Boemeria nivea | South Asia, Southeast Asia, Japan, Pacific Islands, Australia, Africa, Europe, North America, Central Amercia, South America. |
| hamrak/ hamlag/ - | Callicarpa candicans var. paucinervia | Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Southern China, Southeast Asiak, Northern Australia. | |
| -/- | Callicarpa lamii | Mariana Islands, Micronesia. | |
| daok/ - | Calophyllum inophyllum | Tropical Indo-Pacific | |
| alang ilang/- | ylang ylang | Cananga odorata | Southeast Asia, Papuasia, South Asia, East Asia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Poynesia, Northern Austalia, East Africa& Madagascar Tropical Amercas |
| påpåya/ bweibwaay | papaya | Carica papaya | Mesoamerica (Southern Mexico & Central America), Caribbean, South America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Papuasia, Australia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Africa |
| acapulco/ - | emperors candlesticks | Cassia alata | South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia (southern China and Taiwan), Papuasia, Australasia (northern Australia), Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, East and West Africa, Madagascar, Indian Ocean islands |
| kana' fistula/ kana festúla | golden shower tree | Cassia fistula | Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gambia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Iraq, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
| gago/ laasch | ironwood | Casuarina equisetifolia | Tropical Asia/Austalia, subtropical |
| algodon de manila/ - | kapok tree | Cieba Pentandra | Tropical America., South and Southeast Asia, Central America, Africa |
| katot/ - | Claoxylon marianum | Marianas | |
| niyok/ lúú | coconut tree | Cocos nucifera | Tropical grions |
| niyoron/alúw | Cordia subcordata | East Africa, Indian Ocean, Asia, China, Pacific Islands | |
| fadang/ - | Cycas micronesica (cycad) | Micronesia, Yap, Mariana Islands of Guam, Republic of Palau. | |
| gulos/ - | Cynometra ramiflora | South Asia, Southeast Asia, Austalia, Pacific Islands and Micronesia. | |
| pe'chalan/ - | Deeringia amaranthoides | South Asia, Southeast Asia/ Malesia, Australia, Pacific Islands | |
| åtbot det fuegu/ fayérabwaw | flame tree | Delonix regia | Africa, Asia, The Americas/Carribbean, Pacific and Oceania |
| Drypetes dolichocarpa | Mariana Islands | ||
| yogga'/ - | Elaeocarpus joga | Mariana Islands, Palau | |
| gaogao, gabgab/ apar | indian coral tree | Erythriana variegata - orientalis‚ | East Africa, Indian Ocean Islands, South/Southeast Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands |
| -/- | Eugenia bryanii | Guam | |
| makupa/ - | java apple | Eugenia javanica/ Syzygium samarangense | Southeast Asia, Papuasia, South Asia, East Asia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Poynesia, Northern Austalia, East Africa& Madagascar Tropical Amercas |
| agatelang/ - | Eugenia palumbis | Guam, Northern Marianas | |
| áabang/ - | cedar bay cherry | Eugenia reinwardtiana | Southeast Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands |
| pitanga/ - | Suriname cherry | Eugenia uniflora | Asia Tropical, Northern Amerca, Southern America, Africa Asia T |
| -/golondriina, kolonggorina | asthma weed | Euphorbia hirta, | East Africa, Asia Temperate, Asia Topical, Australasia, Northern America, North Central Pacific, Southern America. |
| nunu/ - | stranglers fig | Ficus prolixa | Northwestern and Southwesstern Pacific Islands |
| hodda/ - | Ficus tinctoria | Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia | |
| -/aaw | banyan tree | Ficus virens | India, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Northern Australia |
| chosga, åbas duendes/ - | cheese tree | Glochidion marianum | Western Pacific, Marianas |
| algodon/ - | sea island cotton | Gossypium barbadens | Western s. America |
| agilau/ - | phalsa, falsa | Grewia crenata | |
| panao, mosor/ - | beach false-medlar, zebra wood | Guettarda speciosa | Pacific Islands, Micronesia, Northern Australia, southeast Asia, East Africa |
| -/- | Hedyotis foetida/ Leptopetalum foetidum | Cook Is., Fiji, Marianas, New Caledonia, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Tubai Is. Vanuatu. | |
| paudedo/ - | Hedyotis megalantha | Southern Guam | |
| ufa/ - | tulip mangrove, looking-glass mangrove | Heritiera litoralis | Eastern Africa/Asia,Melanesia, Northern Australia |
| ufa-halomtano/ - | Heritiera longipetiolata | Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, Caroline Islands. | |
| oschal/ - | Hernandia libryinthica | Indonesia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands Rota, Guam, Micronesia. | |
| nonag/ - | Jack in the Box | Hernandia peltata/ nymphaeifolia | Eastern Africa, Tropical Asia/Australia, Pacific Islands |
| nonak/- | lantern Tree | Hernandia sonora | Caribbean, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent/Grenadines |
| kamang/ - | Hibiscus abelmoschus | Tropical/Subtropical Asia | |
| pago/ ghúlúfé | beach hibiscus | Hibiscus Tiliaceus | Pacific Islands |
| guaguahot/ - | Ixora triantha | Marianas, Caroline Islands | |
| melindres/ - | Lagerstroemia sp | Southeast Asia, Melanesia | |
| pengua/ - | Macaranga thompsonii | Pacific, Marianas | |
| chopak/ - | Mammea odorata | Southeast Asia- Indonesia, Phillippines, Western Pacific | |
| luluhut/ - | Maytenus thompsonii Gymnosporia thomsonii | Marianas, Caroline Islands | |
| paipai/ - | fingersop | Meiogyne cylindrocarpa | Australia, Tropical Asia |
| alom, alum/ bweenguwa | tres-puntos | Melanolepis multiglandulosa | East Asia, Indonesia, The Solomons and Marianas Islands |
| sayafe/ - | Melochia Villosissima var. Compacta | Marianas, Caroline Islands | |
| -/- | Merrills tree, Bigfruit, Merrills Oak | Merrilliodendron megacarpum | Asia-Topical, Carolines, Guam, Kusaie, Melanesia, Micronesia, Northern Guinea |
| lada / leel | noni | Morinda citrifolia | Southeast Asia, Austalasia, Pacific |
| mmåronggai/ waronggay | moringa | Morinda ulefeira | |
| adelfa/ - | orleander/ rosebay | Nerium orleander | Mediterranean region, through southern Asia to the Indian subcontinent, Myanmar and China |
| fagot/ - | Ochrosia mariannensis | Pacific - Guam, Mariana Islands, Polynesia. | |
| pahong/- | Pandanus dubius | Indian Ocean - Andaman and Nicobar Islands, to Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea to the Pacific Islands. | |
| aggag, aggak, akgak kaffo /- | screw pine | Pandanus tectorius | Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and northern Australia |
| alageta/ - | avocado tree | Persea americana | Central America - Mexico. |
| -/- | Phyllanthus marianus | Pacific - Mariana Islands. | |
| mansaniita /manisanita | parsma berry | Physalis peruviana | S. America - Bolivia, northwest Brazil |
| pupulan aniti/ - | Piper guahamense | Mariana Islands Western Pacific | |
| atmahayan/ ghasooso | Pipturus argenteus | Indian Ocean - Seychelles, Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, N. Australia to the Pacific Islands. | |
| umumu/ - | Pisonia grandis | Tropical Islands Indian & Pacific Ocean, Coasstal Areas polynesia | |
| - / gamasúúlúg | tamarind | Pithecellobium dulce | S. America - Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela; C. America - Panama to Mexico; Caribbean. |
| -/- | Planchonella obovata | Australia, Southeast Asia, Micronesia Islands of Indian Ocean | |
| kapua/ - | Polyscias fruticosa | Indonesia, Northern Australia, Carribbean, Africa | |
| -/- | Polyscias macgillivrayi | Australasia - New Guinea, Northern Australia to the western Pacific | |
| ahgao/ ahgau | Premna serratifolia | E. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific | |
| abas/ - | guava | Psidium guajava | Carribbean, Central/South America |
| aplokating palaon/ - | Psychotria hombroniana | Mariana Islands and Caroline Islands | |
| aplokating/ - | Psychotria mariana | West Pacific - Caroline Islands, Marianas. | |
| agaliya/ - | castor bean/ oil | Recinus communis | Africa, Asia |
| nanaso/ - | half flower | Scaevola taccada | southeastern Asia, eastern Africa, Australia and the Pacific Islands, including Hawaii |
| hayun lagu, trongkon guafi/ - | Serianthes nelsonii | Guam and Rota of the Mariana Islands | |
| escobilla/ - | Sida rhombifolia / S. acuta / S. spp. | Africa, Asia, Pacific, Southern America | |
| berenghenas halomtano/- | Solanum guamense | Pacific Region | |
| -/- | Streblus pendulina | New Guinea to Micronesia, S to Norfolk Island., E Australia, New Hebrides, Fiji, Rapa, and Hawaii | |
| atoto/- | Syzygium thompsonii | Marianas Islands, Guam Rota Saipan | |
| -/- | Tabernaemontana rotensis | Mariana Islands Guam & Rota | |
| -/ asass | indian almond | Terminalia catappa | Asia, Australia, the Pacific, Madagascar and Seychelles |
| agaunai/ - | gunpowder tree | Trema orientalis var argentea | tropical and southern Africa (including Madagascar), Asia (the Arabian Penisula China, eastern Asia, tropical Asia) and Australia. |
| faia/ - | Tristiropsis acutangula | Northern Australia | |
| -/ ara | old man's medicine | Triumfeeta procumbens | Indian Ocean to Pacific |
| lagunde/ - | Vitex negundo var. bicolor | Kenya to S. Africa and Pacific. | |
| piut/ - | sea lemon | Ximenia americana | tropical America, Asia and Africa, covering the northern and eastern parts of South Africa, as well as the southern and western parts of Africa. |
| -/- | Xylosma nelsonii | Guam, Federated States of Micronesia Northern Mariana Islands | |
| manzanita/ - | jujube | Zizyphus mauritiana | South Asia, China, Southeast Asia, Centrall/West Africa, PacificIslands |
| - / anné | tree | ||
| - / appwulis | |||
| - / ghasooso | shrub |