Rhynchocyonidae

Translingual

Etymology

Rhynchocyon +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Rhynchocyonidae

1. 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

• (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

• “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