Tapiroidea
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Tapiroidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Perissodactyla – including the modern tapirs and their extinct relatives.
Hypernyms
- (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria – infraclass; Perissodactyla – order; Tapiromorpha – clade; Ceratomorpha – suborder
Hyponyms
- (superfamily): Tapiridae – sole extant family
- †Deperetellidae, †Helaletidae, †Lophialetidae – extinct families
Coordinate terms
- (superfamily): Rhinocerotoidea – superfamily
References
- Tapiroidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tapiroidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Tapiroidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons