Ailurus
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]New Latin, from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros, “cat”), coined by French zoologist and paleontologist Frédéric Cuvier in 1825.[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Ailurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ailuridae – red panda, Ailurus fulgens, the only known extant species.
Synonyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia - suborder; Ailuridae - family
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (genus): †Parailurus, †Pristinailurus, †Simocyon (all extinct)
References
[edit]- ^ See the etymological reference for the type species Ailurus fulgens.
- Ailurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ailurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Ailurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons