Monotremata

Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “single”) + τρῆμα (trêma, “perforation”)

Proper noun

Monotremata

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – the monotremes.

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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