Pseudois
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From pseudo- + Ancient Greek οἶς (oîs, “sheep”).
Proper noun edit
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – blue sheep of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau.
Usage notes edit
P. schaeferi is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of P. nayaur.
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; Bovidae - family; Caprinae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Pseudois nayaur (Himalayan blue sheep), Pseudois schaeferi (dwarf blue sheep) (species)
References edit
- Pseudois on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pseudois on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Pseudois on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons