Conepatus

Translingual

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl conētl (“child”) + epatl (“skunk”) + -us; compare Spanish conepate.

Proper noun

Conepatus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Mephitidae – the hog-nosed skunks.

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; Mephitidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Conepatus humboldtii (Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk) - type species

References

Conepatus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Conepatus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Conepatus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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