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Genus (/ˈdʒiːnəs/; pl.:
genera /ˈdʒɛnərə/) is a
taxonomic rank
above species and
below family as used in the
biological classification of
living and fossil...
- Puma (/ˈpjuːmə/ or /ˈpuːmə/) is a
genus in the
family Felidae whose only
extant species is the
cougar (also
known as the puma,
mountain lion, and panther...
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Hydra (/ˈhaɪdrə/ HY-drə) is a
genus of
small freshwater hydrozoans of the
phylum Cnidaria. They are solitary,
carnivorous jellyfishlike animals, native...
- a
genus of
mammals in the
family Equidae,
which includes horses, ****es, and zebras.
Within the Equidae,
Equus is the only
recognized extant genus, comprising...
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Aster is a
genus of
perennial flowering plants in the
family Asteraceae. Its cir****scription has been narrowed, and it now encomp****es
around 170 species...
- Sus (/ˈsuːs/) is the
genus of
domestic and wild pigs,
within the even-toed
ungulate family Suidae. Sus
include domestic pigs (Sus domesticus) and their...
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Amoeba is a
genus of single-celled
amoeboids in the
family Amoebidae. The type
species of the
genus is
Amoeba proteus, a
common freshwater organism, widely...
- In mathematics,
genus (pl.: genera) has a few different, but
closely related, meanings. Intuitively, the
genus is the
number of "holes" of a surface. A...
- Glis is a
genus of
rodent that
contains two
extant species, both
known as
edible dormice or fat dormice: the
European edible dormouse (Glis glis) and...
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Procyon is a
genus of
nocturnal mammals comprising three species commonly known as
raccoons in the
family Procyonidae. The most
familiar species, the...
