Numididae

Translingual

Etymology

Numida +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Numididae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Galliformes – the guineafowl.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Galloanseri - superorder; Galliformes - order

Hyponyms

• (family): Acryllium, Agelastes, Guttera, Numida - genera
  • Acryllium vulturinum (vulturine guineafowl); Agelastes niger (black guineafowl), Agelastes meleagrides (white-breasted guineafowl); Guttera plumifera (plumed guineafowl), Guttera pucherani (Kenya guineafowl); Numida meleagris (helmeted guineafowl) - species

References

• Numididae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Numididae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Numididae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Numididae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Numididae at AnimalBase
• Numididae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Numididae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN