Theria

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon, “wild beast”).

Proper noun

Theria

1. A taxonomic subclass within the class Mammalia – all mammals that give birth to live young; placentals and marsupials.
2. (Theria f) A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain geometer moths.

Hypernyms

• (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Trechnotheria – subclass; Zatheria – infraclass

Hyponyms

• (subclass): Eutheria (Placentalia), Metatheria (Marsupialia) – infraclasses

Derived terms

terms derived from Theria (subclass)

• Afrotheria
• Allotheria
• Astrapotheria
• Epitheria
• Gondwanatheria
• Kuehneotheria
• Laurasiatheria
• Leptestheria
• Malacotheria
• Microbiotheria
• Paralotheria
• Paratheria
• Poecilotheria
• Prototheria
• Pyrotheria
• Volaticotheria
• Volaticotherium
• Yinotheria

References

• (subclass):
  • Theria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Theria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Category:Theria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
• (genus):
  • Theria (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Theria (Geometridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Category:Theria (Geometridae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons