Genus Orycteropus (Noun)
Meaning
Coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The term genus Orycteropus is coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae, meaning they have the same member species.
- Aardvarks belong to the genus Orycteropus and family Orycteropodidae.
- Researchers classified the genus Orycteropus and the family Orycteropodidae as being synonymous.
- There is only one genus Orycteropus in the family Orycteropodidae.
- Genus Orycteropus is a grouping of related aardvark species, identical to the family Orycteropodidae.