Hippopotamidae
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Hippopotamidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Artiodactyla – the hippopotamus and pygmy hippopotamus and similar extinct animals.
- The hippopotamus belongs to Hippopotamidae.
Usage notes
- Cladistics is challenging the validity of the traditional placement of the family, as genetic research suggests a closer relationship to cetaceans than swine.
Hypernyms
- (family): 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
Hyponyms
- (family): †Trilobophorous; Hippopotaminae - subfamilies, †Archaeopotamus, Choeropsis, †Hexaprotodon, Hippopotamus, †Saotherium - genera within Hippopotaminae; †Kenyapotaminae - subfamily, Kenyapotamus, Palaeopotamus - genera within Kenypotaminae
Coordinate terms
- (family): Suidae, Tayassuidae, †Choeropotamidae, †Entelodontidae, †Sanitheriidae - families within Suina
Translations
taxonomic family
|
|
See also
- Suina
- Hippopotamus
- Hexaprotodon
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative
Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.