Scapanus

Translingual

Townsend's mole, Scapanus townsendii.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκαπάνη (skapánē, “digging tool, spade, mattock”) +‎ -us.

Proper noun

Scapanus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Talpidae – certain moles of western North America.

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; Soricomorpha - order; Talpidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Scapanus latimanus (broad-footed mole), Scapanus orarius (coast mole), Scapanus townsendii (Townsend's mole) - species

References

• Scapanus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scapanus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Scapanus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Scapanus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Scapanus at Paleobiology Database