Rhynchocyon

Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek ῥῠ́γχος (rhŭ́nkhos, “snout”) + κῠ́ων (kŭ́ōn, “dog”)

Proper noun

Rhynchocyon m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Macroscelididae – checkered elephant shrews.

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; Macroscelidea – order; Macroscelididae – family; Rhynchocyoninae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): For species and subspecies see Rhynchocyon in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell..

References

• Rhynchocyon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhynchocyon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rhynchocyon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Rhynchocyon at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Rhynchocyon at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Rhynchocyon in Mammal Species of the World^[2] at Bucknell.