anml

This is a simple library of common names of animal species and their comparative scientific names.

Install

npm

npm install anml --save

yarn

yarn add anml

Usage

commonjs

const anml = require('anml')

esmodules

import anml from 'anml'

API

all: returns object containing entirety of library

random([option: string]):

• random(): returns either a scientific or common name of a random animal from the library
• random('scientific'): returns a scientific name of a random animal
• random('common'): returns the common name of a random animal

scientific(common_name: string): returns the scientific name counterpart of given common name common(scientific_name: string): returns the common name counterpart of given scientific name

Examples

anml.all

anml.all

// -> {
        Aardvark: 'Orycteropus afer',
        Bear: 'Ursidae',
        Cat: 'Felis Domesticus',
         . . . 
        Woodpecker: 'Picidae',
        Yak: 'Bos Grunniens',
        Zebra: 'Equus quagga'
      }

anml.random()

anml.random()
// -> 'Rangifer Tarandus'

anml.random('scientific')

anml.random('scientific')
// -> 'Macropus Giganteus'

anml.random('common')

anml.random('common')
// -> 'Lemur'

anml.scientific('Lemur')

anml.scientific('Lemur')
// -> 'Lemur Catta'

anml.common('Setonix brachyurus')

anml.common('Setonix brachyurus')
// -> 'Quokka'

Contributing

All pull requests are welcome!