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.

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): Metatheria (Marsupialia), Eutheria (Placentalia) (infraclasses)

Coordinate terms

• (subclass): Monotremata (subclass)

Derived terms

terms derived from Theria

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

References

• 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