Orycteropus
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Orycteropus afer
See also: orycteropus
Translingual
Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀρυκτήρ (oruktḗr, “miner, digger”) + Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”).
Proper noun
Orycteropus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Orycteropodidae – the aardvark and its extinct close relatives.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Afrotheria - superorder; Tubulidentata - order; Orycteropodidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Orycteropus afer - type and sole living accepted species
Descendants
- → English: orycterope
- → French: oryctérope
References
Orycteropus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Orycteropus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Orycteropus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Orycteropus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Orycteropus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Orycteropus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Orycteropus at AnimalBase
- Orycteropus at Paleobiology Database
