Vicugna

See also: vicugna

Translingual

Vicugna vicugna

Etymology

From Spanish vicuña, from Quechua wik'uña.

Proper noun

Vicugna f

A taxonomic genus within the family Camelidae – the vicunas.

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; Artiodactyla - order; Tylopoda - suborder; Camelidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): type species - Vicugna vicugna (vicuna); Vicugna pacos (alpaca) - other extant species

References

Vicugna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Vicugna on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Vicugna on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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