Capreolus

See also: capreolus

Translingual

Capreolus capreolus

Etymology

From Latin capreolus (“roe deer”). Doublet of chevreuil.

Proper noun

Capreolus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cervidae – the two extant species of roe deer.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Cervidae – family; Capreolinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Capreolus capreolus (western roe deer), Capreolus pygargus (Siberian roe deer) - species

Further reading

• Capreolus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Capreolus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Capreolus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Capreolus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Capreolus at Animal Diversity Web
• Capreolus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Capreolus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• “Capreolus”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026