Monotremata

Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “single”) + τρῆμα (trêma, “perforation”)

Proper noun

Monotremata

1. A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – monotremes: echidnas and platypuses.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class

Hyponyms

• (order): Ornithorhynchidae (platypus); Tachyglossidae (echidnas) - extant families
  • †Kollikodontidae, †Steropododontidae - extinct families

References

• 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