Sciurinae

Translingual

Etymology

Sciurus +‎ -inae

Proper noun

Sciurinae

1. A taxonomic subfamily within the family Sciuridae – the squirrels and related animals.

Hypernyms

• (subfamily): 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; Sciuromorpha - suborder; Sciuridae - family

Hyponyms

• (subfamily): Sciurini, Pteromyini - tribes
  • Nannosciurus, Rheithrosciurus, Sciurus, Syntheosciurus, Tamiasciurus - genera in Sciurini
  • Aeretes, Aeromys, Belomys, Biswamoyopterus, Eoglaucomys, Eupetaurus, Glaucomys, Hylopetes, Iomys, Petaurillus, Petaurista, Petinomys, Pteromys, Pteromyscus, Trogopterus - genera in Pteromyini

References

• Sciurinae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sciurinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sciurinae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sciurinae in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.