Reithrodontomys
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ῥεῖθρον (rheîthron, “river bed”) + Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) + Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse”).[1]
Proper noun
Reithrodontomys m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – groove-toothed New World harvest mice.
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; Rodentia – order; Myomorpha – suborder; Muroidea – superfamily; Cricetidae – family; Neotominae - subfamily; Reithrodontomyini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Reithrodontomys megalotis (western harvest mouse) - type species
References
- Reithrodontomys on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Reithrodontomys on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Reithrodontomys on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- ^ George H. Lowery, Jr. (1974) The mammals of Louisiana and its adjacent waters, page 230