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Definition of Euphractus
1. Noun. A genus of Dasypodidae.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Dasypodidae, Family Dasypodidae
Member holonyms: Euphractus Sexcinctus, Peludo, Poyou
Lexicographical Neighbors of Euphractus
Literary usage of Euphractus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1887)
"Glyptodon euphractus (Lund '). Syn. ... euphractus f.und2. This species was
referred to the present genus by Reinhardt in the ' Vid. Medd. Nat. Foren. ..."
2. Exploring the Borderlands: Documents of the Committee on Common Problems of by Joe Cain (2004)
"The living Euphractus has a dentition of this type, but certain of its ...
Euphractus is noted for its carrion eating habits, and it is probable that the ..."
3. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History by Taylor and Francis, William Jardine (1853)
"He distinguishes two species, the H. Euphractus and H. ... Owen refers to the H.
Euphractus a portion of carapace brought home by Mr. Darwin, and figured in ..."
4. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1901)
"If we may be guided in the interpretation of the structure of the auditory region
by the analogy of the existing Euphractus, the part which is there termed ..."
5. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1840)
"This animal constitutes, in many points, a perfectly connecting link between the
genera Dasypus and Euphractus ; but in other points it differs from all ..."
6. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1851)
"Owen refers to the H. Euphractus a portion of carapace brought home by Mr.
Darwin, and figured in the ' Voyage of the Beagle,' which very closely resembles ..."