Urocyon
Translingual
![](Images/wiktionary/Urocyon_cinereoargenteus.jpg.webp)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”).
Proper noun
Urocyon m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – certain foxes.
Hypernyms
- (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; Canidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox) - type species; Urocyon littoralis (island fox) - other accepted extant species
References
Urocyon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Urocyon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Urocyon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Urocyon at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Urocyon at Encyclopedia of Life
- Urocyon at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Urocyon in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.