Nyctereutes
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, from Ancient Greek νυκτερευτής (nuktereutḗs, “one who hunts or fishes by night”)
Proper noun edit
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – racoon dogs.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia – suborder; Canidae – family; Caninae - subfamily; Vulpini - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Nyctereutes procyonoides - sole extant species
Further reading edit
- Nyctereutes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Nyctereutes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Nyctereutes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Nyctereutes in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Nyctereutes at Paleobiology Database