Auratus can refer to: *

Jean Daurat Jean Daurat (Occitan: Joan Dorat; Latin: Auratus) (3 April 15081 November 1588) was a French poet, scholar and a member of a group known as '' The Pléiade''. Early life He was born Joan Dinemandy in Limoges and was a member of a noble family. ...

(or Dorat) (1508 – 1588), a French poet and influential classical scholar *

Pierre Doré Pierre Doré (Auratus) (c.1500 – 19 May 1559) was a French Dominican theologian and controversialist. Life Doré was born at Orléans. He entered the Dominican Order in 1514 and won his degrees at Paris, in 1532. Though elected to the off ...

(c.1500 – 1559), a French Dominican theologian A Latin word often used in

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for species names. Auratus comes from the Latin root ''aurat''-, meaning "gold" or "golden", and is consequently used to designate species of this colour. Species labelled ''auratus'' include: *The

northern flicker The northern flicker or common flicker (''Colaptes auratus'') is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woodpecker specie ...

, ''Colaptes auratus'' *The

goldfish The goldfish (''Carassius auratus'') is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of the order Cypriniformes. It is commonly kept as a pet in indoor aquariums, and is one of the most popular aquarium fish. Goldfish released into the w ...

, ''Carassius auratus'' *The

golden hamster The golden hamster or Syrian hamster (''Mesocricetus auratus'') is a rodent belonging to the hamster subfamily, Cricetinae. Their natural geographical range is in an Arid, arid region of northern Syria and southern Turkey. Their numbers have be ...

, ''Mesocricetus auratus'' *A fish called the Malawi golden cichlid, '' Melanochromis auratus'' *''

Pagrus auratus The Australasian snapper (''Pagrus auratus'') or silver seabream is a species of porgie found in coastal waters of Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and New Zealand. Its distribution areas in the Northern and South ...

'', a fish known in Australia and New Zealand as the Snapper *A fish found in the Nile called ''Chrysichthys auratus'' *A Tasmanian fish called the golden galaxias, ''Galaxias auratus'' *The

Green and Black Poison Dart Frog The green-and-black poison dart frog (''Dendrobates auratus''), also known as the green-and-black poison arrow frog and green poison frog (among others), is a brightly-colored member of the order Anura native to southern Central America and Colo ...

, ''Dendrobates auratus'' *The Madagascar starling, ''Hartlaubius auratus'' *The Levant skink, ''Euprepis auratus'' *The dogbane leaf beetle, '' Chrysochus auratus''

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