Monotremata
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “single”) + τρῆμα (trêma, “perforation”)
Proper noun
[edit]Monotremata
- A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – monotremes: echidnas and platypuses.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class
Hyponyms
[edit]- (order): Ornithorhynchidae, Tachyglossidae – extant families
- †Kollikodontidae, †Steropododontidae – extinct families
References
[edit]Monotremata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Monotremata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Monotremata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Monotremata in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Monotremata at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI