Sciuridae

Translingual

Etymology

Sciurus +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Sciuridae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – squirrels, flying squirrels, and related animals.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Rodentia – order; Sciuromorpha - suborder

Hyponyms

• (family): Callosciurinae, Ratufinae, Sciurillinae, Sciurinae, Xerinae – subfamilies
  • Aeretes, Aeromys, Ammospermophilus, Atlantoxerus, Belomys, Biswamoyopterus, Callosciurus, Callospermophilus, Cynomys, Dremomys, Eoglaucomys, Epixerus, Eupetaurus, Exilisciurus, Funambulus, Funisciurus, Glaucomys, Glyphotes, Heliosciurus, Hylopetes, Hyosciurus, Ictidomys, Iomys, Lariscus, Marmota, Menetes, Microsciurus, Myosciurus, Nannosciurus, Notocitellus, Otospermophilus, Paraxerus, Petaurillus, Petaurista, Petinomys, Poliocitellus, Prosciurillus, Protoxerus, Pteromys, Pteromyscus, Ratufa, Rheithrosciurus, Rhinosciurus, Rubrisciurus, Sciurillus, Sciurotamias, Sciurus, Spermophilopsis, Spermophilus, Sundasciurus, Syntheosciurus, Tamias, Tamiasciurus, Tamiops, Trogopterus, Urocitellus, Xerospermophilus, Xerus – extant genera

References

• Sciuridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sciuridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sciuridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sciuridae in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Sciuridae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Sciuridae at National Center for Biotechnology Information