Definition of Genus capreolus

1. Noun. Roe deer.

Exact synonyms: Capreolus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cervidae, Family Cervidae
Member holonyms: Capreolus Capreolus, Roe Deer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Capreolus

genus Canachites
genus Cananga
genus Canangium
genus Canavalia
genus Cancer
genus Candida
genus Canella
genus Canis
genus Canna
genus Cannabis
genus Cantharellus
genus Capella
genus Capparis
genus Capra
genus Caprella
genus Capreolus
genus Capricornis
genus Caprimulgus
genus Capros
genus Capsella
genus Capsicum
genus Caragana
genus Caranx
genus Carcharhinus
genus Carcharias
genus Carcharodon
genus Cardamine
genus Cardium

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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