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Definition of Genus capreolus
1. Noun. Roe deer.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cervidae, Family Cervidae
Member holonyms: Capreolus Capreolus, Roe Deer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Capreolus
Literary usage of Genus capreolus
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 (1885)
"... from the Pleistocene of Buenos Ayres on the evidence of limb-bones and fragments
of the jaws. Claussen Collection. Purchased, 1848. Genus CAPREOLUS ..."
2. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"... without antlers in either sex ; the genus Capreolus, including the small
Roe-deer (qv) ( Capreolus ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"... the genus capreolus (II. Smith), containing the European roebuck and the
Siberian ahu, will be described in the article ROEBUCK. ..."
4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1850)
"The following animal appears to be a similar example in the genus Capreolus,
which has hitherto been restricted to species found in the Old World. ..."
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