Proboscidea
Translingual
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Etymology
Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “in front”) + βόσκω (bóskō, “to feed”).
Proper noun
Proboscidea
- A taxonomic order within the clade Paenungulata – the elephants.
- (Proboscidea f) A taxonomic genus within the family Martyniaceae – certain New World flowering plants.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Afrotheria - superorder; Paenungulata - clade
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Martyniaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (order): Elephantidae (family)
- †Anthracobunidae, †Deinotheriidae, †Gomphotheriidae, †Mammutidae, †Moeritheriidae, †Stegodontidae, (extinct families)
- †Arcanotherium, †Eritreum, †Numidotherium (genera incertae sedis, all extinct)
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References
- (order of mammals):
Proboscidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Proboscidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Proboscidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Proboscidea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Proboscidea in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- 15987 at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Proboscidea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Proboscidea at Paleobiology Database
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
- (genus of plants):
Proboscidea (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Proboscidea (Martyniaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Proboscidea (Martyniaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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