Definition of suborder sciuromorpha Suborder sciuromorpha
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| suborder sciuromorpha - large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc. | ||
| Sciuromorpha, suborder Sciuromorpha | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
| order rodentia, rodentia small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis | ||
| family heteromyidae, heteromyidae small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats | ||
| family geomyidae, geomyidae North American pocket gophers | ||
| family sciuridae, sciuridae a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles | ||
| castoridae, family castoridae beavers | ||
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