Odocoileus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
A contraction from Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) + κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”).
Proper noun edit
Odocoileus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cervidae – medium-sized deer, the two extant species of which are native to the Americas.
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; Artiodactyla - order; Cervidae - family; Capreolinae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Odocoileus virginianus - type species; Odocoileus hemionus - other extant species
Further reading edit
Odocoileus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Odocoileus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Odocoileus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Odocoileus in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Odocoileus at Animal Diversity Web
- Odocoileus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Odocoileus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Odocoileus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Odocoileus at Paleobiology Database
