Rhynchocyonidae
Translingual
editEtymology
editRhynchocyon + -idae
Proper noun
editRhynchocyonidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Macroscelidea – small insectivorous mammals, native to eastern Africa; checkered elephant shrews, now treated as subfamily Rhynchocyoninae of Macroscelididae.
Hypernyms
edit- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Macroscelidea - order
References
edit- “Rhynchocyonidae”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Rhynchocyon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Rhynchocyoninae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Rhynchocyon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Rhynchoninae at Paleobiology Database