Odocoileus

Translingual

Odocoileus virginianus

Etymology

A contraction from Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) + κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”).

Proper noun

Odocoileus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cervidae – medium-sized deer, the two extant species of which are native to the Americas.

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; Artiodactyla – order; Cervidae – family; Capreolinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Odocoileus virginianus - type species; Odocoileus hemionus - other extant species

Further reading

• Odocoileus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Odocoileus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Odocoileus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Odocoileus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Odocoileus at Animal Diversity Web
• Odocoileus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Odocoileus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Odocoileus at Paleobiology Database