Mammalia
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See also: mammalia
Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Mammal_Diversity_2011.png/220px-Mammal_Diversity_2011.png)
Etymology
[edit]From Latin mamma (“breast”), coined by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 as a replacement for his earlier class Quadrupedia.
Proper noun
[edit]Mammalia
- A taxonomic class within the superclass Tetrapoda – all mammals.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass[1]
- Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptiliomorpha, Amniota, Synapsidomorpha, Synapsida - clades; Pelycosauria - informal group; Eupelycosauria - clade; Therapsida - order; Theriodontia, Cynodontia, Mammaliaformes - clades
Hyponyms
[edit]- (class): Prototheria, Theria (Trechnotheria) - infraclasses;[1] Australosphenida - clade; †Symmetrodonta - extinct subclass
Coordinate terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]taxonomic class - mammals
References
[edit]Mammalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mammalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Mammalia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Mammalia at the Tree of Life Web Project