Monotremata
Translingual
editEtymology
editAncient Greek μόνος (mónos, “single”) + τρῆμα (trêma, “perforation”)
Proper noun
editMonotremata
- A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – monotremes: echidnas and platypuses.
Hypernyms
edit- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class
Hyponyms
edit- (order): Ornithorhynchidae, Tachyglossidae – extant families
- †Kollikodontidae, †Steropododontidae – extinct families
References
edit- Monotremata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Monotremata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Monotremata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Monotremata in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Monotremata at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI