Pseudois

Translingual

Pseudois nayaur

Etymology

From pseudo- + Ancient Greek οἶς (oîs, “sheep”).

Proper noun

Pseudois m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – blue sheep of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau.

Usage notes

P. schaeferi is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of P. nayaur.

Hypernyms

• (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; Bovidae - family; Caprinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pseudois nayaur (Himalayan blue sheep), Pseudois schaeferi (dwarf blue sheep) (species)

References

• Pseudois on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pseudois on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pseudois on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons