Tapirus

See also: tapirus

Translingual

Tapirus indicus

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Tapirus m

1. 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^[1] at Bucknell.