Cuvier's beaked whale
Cuvier is commemorated in the naming of several animals; they include Cuvier's beaked whale (which he first thought to be extinct), Cuvier's gazelle, Cuvier's toucan, Cuvier's bichir, Cuvier's dwarf caiman, and "Galeocerdo cuvier" (tiger shark). Cuvier is commemorated in the scientific name of the following reptiles: "Anolis cuvieri" (a lizard from Puerto Rico), "Bachia cuvieri", and "Oplurus cuvieri". There also are some extinct animals named after Cuvier, such as the South American giant sloth "Catonyx cuvieri".