Ailurus
Translingual
editEtymology
editNew Latin, from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros, “cat”), coined by French zoologist and paleontologist Frédéric Cuvier in 1825.[1]
Proper noun
editAilurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ailuridae – red panda, Ailurus fulgens, the only known extant species.
Synonyms
editHypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia - suborder; Ailuridae - family
Coordinate terms
edit- (genus): †Parailurus, †Pristinailurus, †Simocyon (all extinct)
References
edit- ^ See the etymological reference for the type species Ailurus fulgens.
- Ailurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ailurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Ailurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons