Pseudois
Translingual
Etymology
From pseudo- + Ancient Greek οἶς (oîs, “sheep”).
Proper noun
Pseudois m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – blue sheep of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau.
Usage notes
P. schaeferi is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of P. nayaur.
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; Artiodactyla - order; Bovidae - family; Caprinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Pseudois nayaur (Himalayan blue sheep), Pseudois schaeferi (dwarf blue sheep) (species)
References
Pseudois on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Pseudois on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Pseudois on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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