Sciuromorpha

Translingual

Etymology

Sciurus +‎ -morpha

Proper noun

Sciuromorpha

A taxonomic suborder within the order Rodentia – including squirrel-like rodents such as the mountain beaver, squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, dormice, etc.

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

Hyponyms

(suborder): Aplodontiidae, Sciuridae, Gliridae - extant families

References

Sciuromorpha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sciuromorpha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Rodentia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Sciurognathi at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Sciuromorpha in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Sciuromorpha at Paleobiology Database

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