Tremarctos

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”) + ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”).

Proper noun

Tremarctos m

A taxonomic genus within the family Ursidae – genus with only one extant species: Tremarctos ornatus (spectacled bear).

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia - suborder; Ursidae - family; Tremarctinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Tremarctos ornatus - sole extant species; †Tremarctos floridanus - species

References

Tremarctos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tremarctos on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tremarctos on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Tremarctos in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Tremarctos at Encyclopedia of Life
Tremarctos at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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