Callorhinus

Translingual

Callorhinus ursinus in zoo

Callorhinus ursinus pups

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + ῥίς (rhís, “nose”)

Proper noun

Callorhinus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Otariidae – the northern fur seal and extinct relatives.

Hypernyms

• (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

• (genus): Callorhinus ursinus - sole extant species; Callorhinus gilmorei - extinct species

Further reading

• Northern fur seal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Callorhinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Callorhinus ursinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Callorhinus at World Register of Marine Species
• Callorhinus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Callorhinus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Callorhinus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Callorhinus at Paleobiology Database