Cuniculus

See also: cuniculus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin cuniculus (“rabbit”).

Proper noun

Cuniculus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cuniculidae – the pacas.

Synonyms

• (genus): Agouti, Caelogenus, Caelogenys, Coelogenus, Coelogenys, Mamcoelogenysus, Osteopera, Paca, Stictomys

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; Rodentia – order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Chinchilloidea - superfamily; Cuniculidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cuniculus paca (lowland paca), Cuniculus taczanowskii (mountain paca) (species)

References

• Cuniculus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cuniculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cuniculus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cuniculus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Cuniculus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.