Chironectes
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + νήκτης (nḗktēs, “swimmer”).
Proper noun
editChironectes m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Didelphidae – the marsupial water opossum; yapok.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Marsupialia - infraclass; Didelphimorphia - order; Didelphidae - family; Didelphinae - subfamily; Didelphinae - tribe
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Chironectes minimus - sole species
References
edit- Chironectes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Chironectes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Chironectes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons