Petaurus
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Latin petaurista (“acrobat, tightrope walker”).
Proper noun
editPetaurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Petauridae – the wrist-winged gliders or lesser gliding possums.
Synonyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Metatheria/Marsupialia - infraclass; Diprotodontia - order; Phalangeriformes - suborder; Phalangeroidea - superfamily; Petauridae - family
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Metatheria/Marsupialia - infraclass; Diprotodontia - order; Phalangeriformes - suborder; Phalangeroidea - superfamily; Petauridae - family
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Petaurus australis (yellow-bellied glider) - type species; Petaurus abidi (northern glider), Petaurus biacensis (Biak glider), Petaurus breviceps (sugar glider), Petaurus gracilis (mahogany glider), Petaurus norfolcensis (squirrel glider) - other species
Further reading
edit- Petaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Petaurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Petaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Petaurus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Petaurus in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Petaurus at National Center for Biotechnology Information