Cuniculus

See also: cuniculus

Translingual

Cuniculus paca

Etymology

From Latin cuniculus (“rabbit”).

Proper noun

Cuniculus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Cuniculidae – the pacas.

Synonyms

(genus): Agouti, Caelogenus, Caelogenys, Coelogenus, Coelogenys, Mamcoelogenysus, Osteopera, Paca, Stictomys

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Chinchilloidea - superfamily; Cuniculidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Cuniculus paca (lowland paca), Cuniculus taczanowskii (mountain paca), Cuniculus hernandezi (species)

References

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

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