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Definition 2024
Pseudois
Pseudois
Translingual
Proper noun
Pseudois m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the blue sheep of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau.
Usage notes
P. schaeferi is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of P. nayaur.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; magnorder - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Cetartiodactyla - clade; Artiodactyla - order; Bovidae - family; Caprinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Pseudois nayaur (Himalayan blue sheep), Pseudois schaeferi (dwarf blue sheep) (species)