Tapirus

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Translingual

Tapirus indicus

Etymology

A New Latin formation from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.

Proper noun

Tapirus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Tapiridae – tapirs.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; Perissodactyla - order; Tapiridae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Tapirus bairdii (Baird's tapir), Tapirus indicus (Malayan tapir), Tapirus pinchaque (mountain tapir), Tapirus terrestris (Brazilian tapir) - accepted extant species

References

Tapirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tapirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tapirus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Tapirus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Tapirus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

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