Mammalia
See also: mammalia
Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin mamma (“breast”), coined by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 as a replacement for his earlier class Quadrupedia.
Proper noun
[edit]Mammalia
- A taxonomic class within the superclass Tetrapoda – all mammals.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass[1]
- Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptiliomorpha, Amniota, Synapsidomorpha, Synapsida – clades; Pelycosauria – informal group; Eupelycosauria – clade; Therapsida – order; Theriodontia, Cynodontia, Mammaliaformes – clades
Hyponyms
[edit]- (class): Prototheria/Yinotheria, Theria (Trechnotheria) – infraclasses;[1] Australosphenida – clade; †Symmetrodonta – extinct subclass
Coordinate terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]taxonomic class - mammals
References
[edit]Mammalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mammalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Mammalia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Mammalia at the Tree of Life Web Project
