Nyctereutes
Translingual
editEtymology
editNew Latin, from Ancient Greek νυκτερευτής (nuktereutḗs, “one who hunts or fishes by night”)
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editNyctereutes 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