Odocoileus
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Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]A contraction from Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) + κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”).
Proper noun
[edit]Odocoileus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cervidae – medium-sized deer, the two extant species of which are native to the Americas.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (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
[edit]- (genus): Odocoileus virginianus - type species; Odocoileus hemionus - other extant species
Further reading
[edit]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