Leptosomiformes
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Leptosomiformes
- A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – cuckoo-roller, of Madagascar.
Usage notes
- Sometimes subsumed in order Coraciiformes, but possibly basal to a clade of several orders.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Leptosomidae – sole family
References
- cuckoo-roller on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Leptosomiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Leptosomiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN