Budorcas
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs, “ox, etc.”) + δορκάς (dorkás, “one of several deer-like animals”)
Proper noun
Budorcas f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the takins.
Synonyms
- (English vernacular names): cattle chamois, gnu goat
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; Artiodactyla - order; Bovidae - family; Caprinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Budorcas taxicolor - sole species (four subspecies)
Coordinate terms
- (genera) Ammotragus, Arabitragus, Capra, Capricornis, Hemitragus, Myotragus (extinct), Naemorhedus, Nilgiritragus, Oreamnos, Ovibos, Ovis, Pantholops, Pseudois, Rupicapra, Sporadotragus (extinct)
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