#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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