Sciuridae


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Noun1.Sciuridae - a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles
family Sciuridae
mammal family - a family of mammals
Sciuromorpha, suborder Sciuromorpha - large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.
squirrel - a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
genus Sciurus, Sciurus - type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels
genus Tamiasciurus, Tamiasciurus - American red squirrels
Citellus, genus Citellus, genus Spermophilus, Spermophilus - typical ground squirrels
Cynomys, genus Cynomys - prairie dogs
genus Tamias, Tamias - chipmunks of eastern North America
Eutamias, genus Eutamias - chipmunks of western America and Asia
genus Glaucomys, Glaucomys - New World flying squirrels
genus Marmota, Marmota - marmots
Petauristidae, subfamily Petauristidae - Old World flying squirrels
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Pliocene-pleistocene biogeographic history of prairie dogs, genus Cynomys (Sciuridae), J Mammal, 76:100-122
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Of the 13 species of Sciuridae in Nepal (Baral and Shah, 2008), five had confirmed new locations both inside and outside PAs (Table 1).
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2, Rodentia I: Sciuridae, Dipodidae, Gliridae, Arvicolinae.
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Sciurus igniventris (Mammalia: Rodentia) is a squirrel species in the family Sciuridae (Emmons, 1990).
Mammary gland morphology in the northern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus igniventris)/Morfologia da glandula mamaria em esquilo do Norte Amazonico (Sciurus igniventris)
A nectar robber (Diglossa plumbea [Cabanis, 1861], Passeriformes: Emberizidae) and a floral herbivore, the red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis [Humboldt, 1811], Rodentia: Sciuridae), were also recorded visiting inflorescences of the study species.
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However, following the extinction of megaherbivores in the late Pleistocene, Joshua tree seed dispersal now depends entirely on the more limited dispersal (< 100 m) of rodents in the Sciuridae, Heteromyidae and Cricetidae (Vander Wall et al.
Rodent removal of fallen Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) fruits
A survey of some Wisconsin Sciuridae with descriptions of three new species.
Eimeria vilasi (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) from the roundtailed ground squirrel (xerospermophilus tereticaudus)
There are about 270 species in the Sciuridae (squirrel) family.
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2015: Biology and conservation status of flying squirrels (Pteromyini, Sciuridae, Rodentia) in India: an update and review.
Seasonal variation in the activity budget of Indian giant flying squirrel (Petaurista philippensis) in tropical deciduous forest, Rajasthan, India

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