Definition of Genus Ailurus

1. Noun. Lesser pandas.

Exact synonyms: Ailurus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Procyonidae, Procyonidae
Member holonyms: Ailurus Fulgens, Bear Cat, Cat Bear, Lesser Panda, Panda, Red Panda

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ailurus

genus Agelaius
genus Ageratina
genus Ageratum
genus Agkistrodon
genus Aglaomorpha
genus Aglaonema
genus Agonus
genus Agrimonia
genus Agriocharis
genus Agrobacterium
genus Agropyron
genus Agrostemma
genus Agrostis
genus Ailanthus
genus Ailuropoda
genus Ailurus (current term)
genus Aix
genus Ajaia
genus Ajuga
genus Alauda
genus Albatrellus
genus Albizia
genus Albizzia
genus Albuca
genus Albugo
genus Albula
genus Alca
genus Alcea
genus Alcedo
genus Alcelaphus

Literary usage of Genus Ailurus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Ailurus comprises the Shining Panda, A. refulgens, Fred. Cuv., of Northern India, of the size of the common cat, the fur soft and thickly set, ..."

2. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"... Wagler, of Western North America, is larger than P. lotor. The genus Ailurus comprises the Shining Panda, ..."

3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... plantigrade mammal, of the genus ailurus (F. Cuv.), which seems to connect the bears with the civets ; by some authors it is placed with the civets. ..."

4. A Supplement to the Imperial Dictionary, English, Technological, and by John Ogilvie (1855)
"A quadruped of the genus Ailurus, the A. refulgens. It is a native of the woody parts of the moun- tains of Northern India, and is of a bright fulvous ..."

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