Orycteropus

See also: orycteropus

Translingual

Orycteropus afer

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀρυκτήρ (oruktḗr, “miner, digger”) + Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”).

Proper noun

Orycteropus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Orycteropodidae – the aardvark and its extinct close relatives.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Afrotheria - superorder; Tubulidentata - order; Orycteropodidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Orycteropus afer - type and sole living accepted species

Descendants

• → English: orycterope
• → French: oryctérope

References

• Orycteropus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Orycteropus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Orycteropus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Orycteropus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Orycteropus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Orycteropus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Orycteropus at AnimalBase
• Orycteropus at Paleobiology Database