Dermoptera

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Translingual

Cynocephalus variegatus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Proper noun

Dermoptera

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – the colugos.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Boreoeutheria – magnorder; Euarchontoglires – superorder; Primatomorpha – mirorder

Hyponyms

(order): Cynocephalidae (sole extant family)
- †Plagiomenidae, †Mixodectidae (extinct families)

References

Dermoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dermoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Dermoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI

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