Monotremata
Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “single”) + τρῆμα (trêma, “perforation”)
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class
Hyponyms
- (order): Ornithorhynchidae (platypus); Tachyglossidae (echidnas) - extant families
- †Kollikodontidae, †Steropododontidae - extinct families
References
Monotremata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Monotremata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Monotremata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Monotremata in Mammal Species of the World 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521
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