Ailurus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros, “cat”), coined by French zoologist and paleontologist Frédéric Cuvier in 1825.[1]
Proper noun
Ailurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ailuridae – red pandas.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- (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
Hyponyms
- (genus): Ailurus fulgens, Ailurus styani – extant species
Coordinate terms
- (genus): †Parailurus, †Pristinailurus, †Simocyon, †Proailurus – extinct genera
References
- Ailurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ailurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Ailurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- ^ See the etymological reference for the type species Ailurus fulgens.