Urocyon

Translingual

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; Caninae - subfamily; Vulpini - tribe

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.

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