Sotalia

Translingual

Etymology

You can help Wiktionary by providing a proper etymology.

Proper noun

Sotalia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – dolphins of the Atlantic coast of South America.

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; Cetacea - order; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - suborder; Delphinidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Sotalia fluviatilis (tucuxi) - type species; Sotalia guianensis (costero) - other newly accepted species

References

Sotalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sotalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Sotalia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.