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Definition of Arctonyx
1. Noun. A genus of Mustelidae.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Mustelidae, Mustelidae
Member holonyms: Arctonyx Collaris, Hog Badger, Hog-nosed Badger, Sand Badger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arctonyx
Literary usage of Arctonyx
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"GENUS arctonyx.' Dentition much the same as that of the Badger (Meles). Incisors, |-;
cm., ^^-; pre-molars ..."
2. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"Mamm. livr. li (1825). Besides the two Indian species mentioned below, Milne
Edwards (Recherches Mamm., p. 195) has described two other species : arctonyx ..."
3. A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company by Thomas Horsfield, East India Company Museum (1851)
"Cuv. lc arctonyx collaris, Fischer, Syn. Mamm. p. 152. Gray, Cat. Mamm. ...
In its dental system the genus arctonyx resembles the allied genera of this ..."