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ID: 300310312
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300310312

 

Record Type: concept
Didelphimorphia (order) (Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Order of North and South American marsupial mammals, containing 70 or more species in only one family. Usually semi-arboreal omnivores, having a very full jaw of teeth, moving with feet flat on the ground (plantigrade) and hind feet with an opposable digit with no claw, and a prehensile tails. The name "opossum" is based on a term in the Powhatan language meaning "white dog-like creature."
 
Terms:
Didelphimorphia (order) (preferred,C,U,S,English-P,D,L,N)
Didelphimorphia (order) (Latin-P,D,U,N)
Didelphimorphia (order) (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
opossums (order) (C,U,C,English,AD,U,N)
opossum (order) (C,U,English,AD,U,N)
負鼠目 (目) (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
fù shǔ mù (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
fu shu mu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles),UF,U,U)
fu shu mu (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
aposoum (H,U,English,UF,U,U)  ............ recorded by William Strachey
opassom (family) (H,U,English,UF,U,U)  ............ recorded by John Smith in 1611

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  H.HL

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Agents Facet
Agents Facet
Hierarchy of Living Organisms (hierarchy name)
.... Living Organisms (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of living organisms (entities)
........ living organisms (entities) (G)
Hierarchy of Eukaryota (domain)
............ Eukaryota (domain) (G)
Hierarchy of Animalia (kingdom)
................ Animalia (kingdom) (G)
Hierarchy of Chordata (phylum)
.................... Chordata (phylum) (G)
Hierarchy of Vertebrata (subphylum)
........................ Vertebrata (subphylum) (G)
Hierarchy of Mammalia (class)
............................ Mammalia (class) (G)
Hierarchy of Didelphimorphia (order)
................................ Didelphimorphia (order) (G)

Additional Parents:

Hierarchy of Agents Facet
Agents Facet
Hierarchy of Living Organisms (hierarchy name)
.... Living Organisms (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of living organisms (entities)
........ living organisms (entities) (G)
Hierarchy of Eukaryota (domain)
............ Eukaryota (domain) (G)
Hierarchy of Animalia (kingdom)
................ Animalia (kingdom) (G)
Hierarchy of Chordata (phylum)
.................... Chordata (phylum) (G)
Hierarchy of Vertebrata (subphylum)
........................ Vertebrata (subphylum) (G)
Hierarchy of Mammalia (class)
............................ Mammalia (class) (G)
Hierarchy of Metatheria (subclass)
................................ Metatheria (subclass) (G)
Hierarchy of Didelphimorphia (order)
.................................... Didelphimorphia (order) (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 指生活在南、北美洲中含一科,七十個以上物種的有袋哺乳動物目。通常為半樹棲雜食動物,顎部長滿牙齒,腳平踏於地面上行走(蹠行動物),後腳腳指相對,無爪,尾部可捲纏,具有抓握功能。“負鼠”的命名是基於波哈坦語中的術語,意為“類似白狗的生物”。 
Dutch ..... Orde van buideldieren met ten minste 70 soorten in 1 familie. Het zijn omnivoren die gewoonlijk zowel in bomen als op de grond leven. De kaken zitten vol tanden. Tijdens het lopen hebben ze hun voeten plat op de grond (het zijn zoolgangers). Aan de achterpoten zit een opponeerbare teen zonder klauw. De dieren hebben een grijpstaart. 

Related concepts:
distinguished from ....  Phalangeriformes (suborder)
..................................  (Diprotodontia (order), Mammalia (class), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) [300417691]

Sources and Contributors:
負鼠目 (目)............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
.................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
aposoum............  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Didelphimorphia (order)............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
.........................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.........................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "annotated classification," accessed 17 August 2008
.........................................  National Museum of Natural History, Mammal Species (2000-) accessed 18 August 2008
.........................................  Natural History Museum, London (2000-) accessed 18 August 2008
fu shu mu............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
....................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
fù shǔ mù............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
....................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
opassom (family)............  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
opossum (order)............  [VP]
.............................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
opossums (order)............  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 18 August 2008
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "annotated classification," accessed 17 August 2008
.......... National Museum of Natural History, Mammal Species (2000-) accessed 18 August 2008
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 18 August 2008
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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