Canidae

Canidae

Translingual

Etymology

Canis +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Canidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Carnivora – the dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes, and jackals etc..

Hypernyms

• (family): 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

Hyponyms

• (family): Caninae, †Borophaginae, †Hesperocyoninae - subfamilies
  • Alopex, Atelocynus, Cerdocyon, Chrysocyon, Cuon, Dusicyon, Lycalopex, Lycaon, Nyctereutes, Otocyon, Pseudalopex, Speothos, Urocyon, Vulpes - living genera; †Borophagus, †Cynotherium, †Dusicyon, †Eucyon, †Leptocyon, †Nurocyon, †Protocyon, †Xenocyon -- extinct genera

Translations

taxonomic family

Georgian: ძაღლისებრნი (ʒaɣlisebrni) Greek: Κυνίδες Japanese: イヌ科 (ja) (inuka), 犬科 (ja) (inuka)

Swahili: familia ya mbwa Swedish: hunddjur (sv) n

References

• Canidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Canidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Canidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons