Arctocephalus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
arcto- (“bear”) + -cephalus (“head”), from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Proper noun edit
Arctocephalus m
Usage notes edit
- Possibly paraphyletic.
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; Otariidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Arctocephalus pusillus (Cape fur seal, Australian fur seal, South African fur seal) - type species; Arctocephalus australis (South American fur seal), Arctocephalus forsteri (New Zealand fur seal), Arctocephalus galapagoensis (Galapagos fur seal), Arctocephalus gazella (Antarctic fur seal), Arctocephalus philippii (Juan Fernandez fur seal), Arctocephalus townsendi (Guadalupe fur seal), Arctocephalus tropicalis (subantarctic fur seal) - species
Further reading edit
- Arctocephalus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Arctocephalus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Arctocephalus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Arctocephalus at World Register of Marine Species
- Arctocephalus in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Arctocephalus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Arctocephalus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Arctocephalus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Arctocephalus at Paleobiology Database