Numididae

Translingual

Etymology

Numida +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Numididae

A taxonomic family within the order Galliformes – the guineafowl.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Galloanseri - superorder; Galliformes - order

Hyponyms

(family): Acryllium, Agelastes, Guttera, Numida - genera
- Acryllium vulturinum (vulturine guineafowl); Agelastes niger (black guineafowl), Agelastes meleagrides (white-breasted guineafowl); Guttera plumifera (plumed guineafowl), Guttera pucherani (Kenya guineafowl); Numida meleagris (helmeted guineafowl) - species

References

Numididae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Numididae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Numididae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Numididae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Numididae at AnimalBase
Numididae at Encyclopedia of Life
Numididae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Numididae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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