Definition of Genus cuniculus

1. Noun. Pacas.

Exact synonyms: Cuniculus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Dasyproctidae, Family Dasyproctidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cuniculus

genus Cryptocercus
genus Cryptocoryne
genus Cryptogramma
genus Cryptomeria
genus Cryptoprocta
genus Cryptotermes
genus Cryptotis
genus Ctenocephalides
genus Ctenocephalus
genus Cuculus
genus Cucumis
genus Cucurbita
genus Culcita
genus Culex
genus Cuminum
genus Cuniculus
genus Cuon
genus Cupressus
genus Curcuma
genus Cursorius
genus Curtisia
genus Cuscuta
genus Cuterebra
genus Cyamopsis
genus Cyamus
genus Cyanocitta
genus Cyathea
genus Cycas
genus Cyclamen
genus Cycloloma

Literary usage of Genus cuniculus

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

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"Another very well-known member of this sub-family is the Lemming. The name, however, applies to two quite distinct genera. The genus Cuniculus, including ..."

2. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"Still more northern, and indeed circum- polar in its range, is the banded lemming, which alone represents a genus (Cuniculus) distinguished from the last by ..."

3. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"But, except for this, the genus Cuniculus is a much more specialised form than the true lemming^ Its colour is a curious mingling of chestnut, orange, ..."

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