diff --git a/ARKBreedingStats/ARKBreedingStats.csproj b/ARKBreedingStats/ARKBreedingStats.csproj
index 16157fb2..8f0a2c67 100644
--- a/ARKBreedingStats/ARKBreedingStats.csproj
+++ b/ARKBreedingStats/ARKBreedingStats.csproj
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
     <Content Include="ARKSmartBreeding.ico" />
-    <Content Include="json\sortNames.txt" />
+    <None Include="json\sortNames.txt" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="ARKOverlay.resx">
       <DependentUpon>ARKOverlay.cs</DependentUpon>
     </EmbeddedResource>
diff --git a/ARKBreedingStats/FileService.cs b/ARKBreedingStats/FileService.cs
index 638a9485..508ea7a2 100644
--- a/ARKBreedingStats/FileService.cs
+++ b/ARKBreedingStats/FileService.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public static class FileService
         public const string DataFolderName = "data";
         public const string OcrReplacingsFile = "ocrReplacings.txt";
         public const string EqualColorIdsFile = "equalColorIds.json";
+        public const string HideVariantsInSpeciesNameFile = "hideVariantsInSpeciesName.txt";
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Where the colored species images are cached.
diff --git a/ARKBreedingStats/Form1.Designer.cs b/ARKBreedingStats/Form1.Designer.cs
index bc660e25..53c94b9b 100644
--- a/ARKBreedingStats/Form1.Designer.cs
+++ b/ARKBreedingStats/Form1.Designer.cs
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ private void InitializeComponent()
             this.columnHeaderCurrentLevel = ((System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader)(new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader()));
             this.columnHeaderMaxPossibleLevel = ((System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader)(new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader()));
             this.columnHeaderTraits = ((System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader)(new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader()));
+            this.editVariantTagsToHideToolStripMenuItem = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();
             this.groupBox1.SuspendLayout();
             ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.numericUpDownImprintingBonusTester)).BeginInit();
             ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.NumericUpDownTestingTE)).BeginInit();
@@ -1311,6 +1312,7 @@ private void InitializeComponent()
             this.toolStripSeparator23,
             this.openJsonDataFolderToolStripMenuItem,
             this.speciesSortingToolStripMenuItem,
+            this.editVariantTagsToHideToolStripMenuItem,
             this.appSettingsToolStripMenuItem});
             this.settingsToolStripMenuItem.Name = "settingsToolStripMenuItem";
             this.settingsToolStripMenuItem.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(61, 20);
@@ -3995,6 +3997,15 @@ private void InitializeComponent()
             this.columnHeaderTraits.Text = "Traits";
             this.columnHeaderTraits.Width = 60;
             // 
+            // editVariantTagsToHideToolStripMenuItem
+            // 
+            this.editVariantTagsToHideToolStripMenuItem.Name = "editVariantTagsToHideToolStripMenuItem";
+            this.editVariantTagsToHideToolStripMenuItem.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(226, 22);
+            this.editVariantTagsToHideToolStripMenuItem.Text = "Edit variant tags to hide";
+            this.editVariantTagsToHideToolStripMenuItem.ToolTipText = "Add all variant tags that should be hidden in species names in this file, one var" +
+                                                                      "iant per line.";
+            this.editVariantTagsToHideToolStripMenuItem.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.editVariantTagsToHideToolStripMenuItem_Click);
+            // 
             // Form1
             // 
             this.AcceptButton = this.btExtractLevels;
@@ -4479,5 +4490,6 @@ private void InitializeComponent()
         private System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader columnHeaderCurrentLevel;
         private System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader columnHeaderMaxPossibleLevel;
         private System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader columnHeaderTraits;
+        private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem editVariantTagsToHideToolStripMenuItem;
     }
 }
diff --git a/ARKBreedingStats/Form1.cs b/ARKBreedingStats/Form1.cs
index f039fd3a..6f94ee2a 100644
--- a/ARKBreedingStats/Form1.cs
+++ b/ARKBreedingStats/Form1.cs
@@ -4025,5 +4025,16 @@ private void showStatsOptionsFileInExplorerToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender
         {
             FileService.OpenFolderInExplorer(StatsOptionsLevelColors.SettingsFilePath);
         }
+
+        private void editVariantTagsToHideToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            var filePath = FileService.GetJsonPath(FileService.HideVariantsInSpeciesNameFile);
+
+            if (!File.Exists(filePath))
+                File.WriteAllText(filePath, string.Empty);
+            if (File.Exists(filePath))
+                Process.Start(filePath);
+            else MessageBoxes.ShowMessageBox($"Couldn't create file {filePath} automatically. Maybe you can create that file manually.");
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/ARKBreedingStats/species/Species.cs b/ARKBreedingStats/species/Species.cs
index 071fb8a9..2cf0ed6a 100644
--- a/ARKBreedingStats/species/Species.cs
+++ b/ARKBreedingStats/species/Species.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using ARKBreedingStats.Library;
 using ARKBreedingStats.mods;
+using System.IO;
 
 namespace ARKBreedingStats.species
 {
@@ -170,6 +171,8 @@ public double[] StatImprintMultipliersRaw
         [OnDeserialized]
         private void Initialize(StreamingContext _) => Initialize();
 
+        private static string[] _ignoreVariantInName;
+
         public void Initialize()
         {
             // TODO: Base species are maybe not used in game and may only lead to confusion (e.g. Giganotosaurus).
@@ -284,8 +287,10 @@ public void InitializeNames()
             string variantInfoForName = null;
             if (variants != null && variants.Any())
             {
+                var ignoreVariants = _getIgnoreVariantInName();
                 VariantInfo = string.Join(", ", variants);
-                variantInfoForName = string.Join(", ", string.IsNullOrEmpty(name) ? variants : variants.Where(v => !name.Contains(v)));
+                var gaun = variants.Any(v => ignoreVariants.Contains(v));
+                variantInfoForName = string.Join(", ", string.IsNullOrEmpty(name) ? variants : variants.Where(v => !name.Contains(v) && !ignoreVariants.Contains(v)));
             }
 
             DescriptiveName = name + (string.IsNullOrEmpty(variantInfoForName) ? string.Empty : " (" + variantInfoForName + ")");
@@ -532,5 +537,16 @@ public string Name(Sex creatureSex)
                     return name;
             }
         }
+
+        private static string[] _getIgnoreVariantInName()
+        {
+            if (_ignoreVariantInName != null) return _ignoreVariantInName;
+
+            var filePath = FileService.GetJsonPath(FileService.HideVariantsInSpeciesNameFile);
+            _ignoreVariantInName = !File.Exists(filePath) ? Array.Empty<string>() : File.ReadAllLines(filePath).Where(l => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(l)).ToArray();
+            return _ignoreVariantInName;
+        }
+
+        public static void ClearIgnoreVariantsInName() => _ignoreVariantInName = null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/ARKBreedingStats/values/Values.cs b/ARKBreedingStats/values/Values.cs
index 999d7aff..80434525 100644
--- a/ARKBreedingStats/values/Values.cs
+++ b/ARKBreedingStats/values/Values.cs
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ private void InitializeSpeciesAndColors(bool undefinedColorAsa = false)
 
             InitializeArkColors(undefinedColorAsa);
             _speciesAndColorsInitialized = true;
+            Species.ClearIgnoreVariantsInName();
         }
 
         /// <summary>