Ailurus
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros, “cat”), coined by French zoologist and paleontologist Frédéric Cuvier in 1825.[1]
Proper noun[edit]
Ailurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ailuridae – red panda, Ailurus fulgens, the only known extant species.
Synonyms[edit]
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; Ailuridae - family
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (genus): †Parailurus, †Pristinailurus, †Simocyon (all extinct)
References[edit]
- ^ See the etymological reference for the type species Ailurus fulgens.
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