- family Tapiridae
- nountapirs and extinct related forms• Syn: ↑Tapiridae• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family• Member Holonyms: ↑Perissodactyla, ↑order Perissodactyla• Member Meronyms: ↑Tapirus, ↑genus Tapirus
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family Tapiridae
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Tapiridae — noun tapirs and extinct related forms • Syn: ↑family Tapiridae • Hypernyms: ↑mammal family • Member Holonyms: ↑Perissodactyla, ↑order Perissodactyla • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mammal family — noun a family of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossidae, ↑family Tachyglossidae, ↑Ornithorhynchidae, ↑family Ornithorhynchidae, ↑Didelphidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
perissodactyl — perissodactylous, adj. /peuh ris oh dak til/, adj. 1. having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot. n. 2. any mammal of the order Perissodactyla, comprising the odd toed hoofed quadrupeds and including the tapirs, rhinoceroses, and… … Universalium
Tapir — Taxobox name = Tapir image caption = Brazilian Tapir regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Perissodactyla familia = Tapiridae familia authority = Gray, 1821 genus = Tapirus genus authority = Brünnich, 1772 subdivision… … Wikipedia
Odd-toed ungulate — Odd toed ungulates Temporal range: 56–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Mammal classification — Over 70% of mammal species are in the orders Rodentia (blue), Chiroptera (red), and Soricomorpha (yellow) Mammalia is a class of animal within the Phylum Chordata. Mammal classification has been through several iterations since Carolus Linnaeus… … Wikipedia
Mountain Tapir — Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 3.1) … Wikipedia
Tapirus — noun type genus of the Tapiridae • Syn: ↑genus Tapirus • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Tapiridae, ↑family Tapiridae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
List of mammals of Indonesia — This is a list of mammals found in Indonesia. Contents 1 Order Monotremata (Monotremes) 1.1 Family Tachyglossidae (Echidnas) … Wikipedia
tapir — /tay peuhr, teuh pear /, n., pl. tapirs, (esp. collectively) tapir. any of several large, stout, three toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a… … Universalium
