Nyctereutes
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Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]New Latin, from Ancient Greek νυκτερευτής (nuktereutḗs, “one who hunts or fishes by night”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nyctereutes m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – raccoon dogs.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia – suborder; Canidae – family; Caninae - subfamily; Vulpini - tribe
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Nyctereutes procyonoides - sole extant species
Further reading
[edit]Nyctereutes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Nyctereutes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Nyctereutes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Nyctereutes in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Nyctereutes at Paleobiology Database