Budorcas

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs, “ox, etc.”) + δορκάς (dorkás, “one of several deer-like animals”)

Proper noun

Budorcas f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the takins.

Synonyms

• (English vernacular names): cattle chamois, gnu goat

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order; Bovidae - family; Caprinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Budorcas taxicolor - sole species (four subspecies)

Coordinate terms

• (genera) Ammotragus, Arabitragus, Capra, Capricornis, Hemitragus, Myotragus (extinct), Naemorhedus, Nilgiritragus, Oreamnos, Ovibos, Ovis, Pantholops, Pseudois, Rupicapra, †Sporadotragus - species

Further reading

• Takin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Budorcas on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Budorcas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons