Lagostomus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”)
Proper noun
Lagostomus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Chinchillidae – plains viscacha and extinct relatives.
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; Rodentia – order; Hystricomorpha – suborder; Hystricognathi – infraorder; Caviomorpha – infraorder; Chinchilloidea – superfamily; Chinchillidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lagostomus maximus - sole extant species
- Lagostomus crassus (extinct species)
References
- Lagostomus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lagostomus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Lagostomus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons