Tachyglossus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ταχύς (takhús, “swift”) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).
Proper noun edit
Tachyglossus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tachyglossidae – the short-beaked echidna.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Prototheria - subclass; Monotremata - order; Tachyglossidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Tachyglossus aculeatus - sole species
References edit
- Tachyglossus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tachyglossus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Tachyglossus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Tachyglossus in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.