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Definition of Ailurus
1. Noun. Lesser pandas.
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 Ailurus
Literary usage of Ailurus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"161; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. p. 157; Gray, Cat. Mamm. t. 7 (skull imperfect).
ailurus ochraceus, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, t. 52,53 (skull). BM p. ..."
2. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"HABITAT.—Eastern Himalayas and Eastern Thibet. ailurus ... and almost ruminant
molar of ailurus ; tongue smooth; pupil round; feet enveloped in woolly socks ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"Supp. VI, xxxii. (The Raccoon Crab-eater.) A uniform light ash-brown; the rings
on the tail less distinct. From South America. ailurus, Fred. Cuv. ..."
4. A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company by Thomas Horsfield, East India Company Museum (1851)
"ailurus fulgens, Hardw., Trans. Linn. Soc. XV. p. 161, with illustrations of the
... Calc. Journ. NH IV. 287. Schinz, Syn. Mamm. I. 314. ailurus ochraceus ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... Timotheus ailurus of Alexandria and Peter Fullo of Antioch, to return to their
sees. At the same time he issued a religious edict ..."
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