Cynomys
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Sciuridae – prairie dogs, rodents native to the grasslands of central North America.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Sciuromorpha - suborder; Sciuridae - family; Xerinae - subfamily; Marmotini - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Cynomys subg. Cynomys, Cynomys subg. Leucocrossuromys - subgenera
- Cynomys ludovicianus - type species; Cynomys mexicanus; Cynomys gunnisoni, Cynomys leucurus, Cynomys parvidens - species
References edit
Cynomys on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Cynomys on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Cynomys on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Cynomys in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Cynomys at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Cynomys at Encyclopedia of Life
- Cynomys at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Cynomys at Paleobiology Database
