#suborder_Sciuromorpha__Sciuromorpha  large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.
  supertype:  animal_order  the order of animals
  member of:  order_Rodentia
  member:  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
     member:  pocket_mouse  any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail
     member:  genus_Perognathus__Perognathus  pocket mice
        member:  silky_pocket_mouse__Perognathus_flavus  small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and Mexico
        member:  plains_pocket_mouse__Perognathus_flavescens  small rodent of open areas of United States plains states
        member:  hispid_pocket_mouse__Perognathus_hispidus  large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States
     member:  genus_Liomys__Liomys  pocket mice
        member:  Mexican_pocket_mouse__Liomys_irroratus  large pocket mouse of Mexico
     member:  genus_Dipodomys__Dipodomys  kangaroo rats
        member:  kangaroo_rat__desert_rat__Dipodomys_phillipsii  any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae
     member:  genus_Microdipodops__Microdipodops  kangaroo mice
        member:  dwarf_pocket_rat__kangaroo_mouse  small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats
  member:  family_Geomyidae__Geomyidae  North American pocket gophers
     member:  genus_Geomys__Geomys  type genus of the Geomyidae
        member:  plains_pocket_gopher__Geomys_bursarius  gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America
        member:  southeastern_pocket_gopher__Geomys_pinetis  gopher of Alabama Georgia and Florida
     member:  pocket_gopher__gopher__pouched_rat__pouchedrat  burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
     member:  genus_Thomomys__Thomomys  western pocket gophers
        member:  valley_pocket_gopher__Thomomys_bottae  of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States
        member:  northern_pocket_gopher__Thomomys_talpoides  grayish to brown gopher of western and central United States
  member:  family_Sciuridae__Sciuridae  true squirrels; ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles
     member:  squirrel  a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
     member:  genus_Sciurus__Sciurus  type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels
        member:  tree_squirrel  any typical arboreal squirrel
        member:  eastern_gray_squirrel__cat_squirrel__catsquirrel__Sciurus_carolinensis  common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America; now introduced into England
        member:  western_gray_squirrel__Sciurus_griseus  large gray squirrel of far western areas of United States
        member:  eastern_fox_squirrel__easternfoxsquirrel__fox_squirrel__foxsquirrel__Sciurus_niger  exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States
        member:  black_squirrel__blacksquirrel  fox squirrel or gray squirrel in the black color phase
        member:  red_squirrel__redsquirrel__cat_squirrel__catsquirrel__Sciurus_vulgaris  common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia
     member:  genus_Tamiasciurus__Tamiasciurus  American red squirrels
     member:  genus_Citellus__Citellus__Spermophilus__genus_Spermophilus  typical ground squirrels
        member:  ground_squirrel__gopher__spermophile  any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
     member:  genus_Cynomys__Cynomys  prairie dogs
        member:  prairie_dog__prairiedog__prairie_marmot__prairiemarmot  any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry
     member:  genus_Tamias__Tamias  chipmunks of eastern North America
        member:  eastern_chipmunk__easternchipmunk__hackee__striped_squirrel__stripedsquirrel__ground_squirrel__Tamias_striatus  small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
     member:  genus_Eutamias__Eutamias  chipmunks of western America and Asia
        member:  chipmunk  chipmunk of western America and Asia
     member:  genus_Glaucomys__Glaucomys  New World flying squirrels
        member:  American_flying_squirrel  New World flying squirrels
     member:  genus_Marmota__Marmota  marmots
        member:  marmot  stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter
     member:  subfamily_Petauristidae__Petauristidae  Old World flying squirrels
        member:  Asiatic_flying_squirrel  nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps
        member:  genus_Petaurista__Petaurista  very large Asiatic flying squirrels
           member:  taguan__flying_marmot__flying_cat__Petaurista_petaurista  East Indian flying squirrel
  member:  family_Castoridae__Castoridae  beavers
     member:  genus_Castor__Castor  type genus of the Castoridae: beavers
        member:  beaver  large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
     member:  genus_Castoroides__Castoroides  extinct beavers of the Pleistocene; of eastern and southern United States
  member:  family_Aplodontiidae__Aplodontiidae  mountain beavers
     member:  genus_Aplodontia__Aplodontia  type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers
        member:  mountain_beaver__sewellel__Aplodontia_rufa  bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent

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