Ailurus

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Translingual

Ailurus fulgens

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros, cat), coined by French zoologist and paleontologist Frédéric Cuvier in 1825.[1]

Proper noun

Ailurus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ailuridae – red panda, Ailurus fulgens, the only known extant species.

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  1. ^ See the etymological reference for the type species Ailurus fulgens.