Callorhinus
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + ῥίς (rhís, “nose”)
Proper noun
Callorhinus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Otariidae – the northern fur seal and extinct relatives.
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; Otariidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Callorhinus ursinus - sole extant species; Callorhinus gilmorei - extinct species
Further reading
Northern fur seal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Callorhinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Callorhinus ursinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Callorhinus at World Register of Marine Species
- Callorhinus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Callorhinus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Callorhinus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Callorhinus at Paleobiology Database
