Concept information
Preferred term
Sciuridae
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Chipmunk
- Chipmunks
- Dog, Prairie
- Dogs, Prairie
- Eutamias
- Prairie Dog
- Prairie Dogs
- Squirrel
- Squirrels
- Suslik
- Susliks
Scope note
- A family of the order Rodentia which contains 49 genera. Some of the more common genera are MARMOTA, which includes the marmot and woodchuck; Sciurus, the gray squirrel, S. carolinensis, and the fox squirrel, S. niger; Tamias, the eastern and western chipmunk; and Tamiasciurus, the red squirrel. The flying squirrels, except the scaly-tailed Anomaluridae, also belong to this family.
History note
- 82; was SQUIRRELS 1968-81; CHIPMUNKS was see under RODENTS 1975-81; GROUND SQUIRRELS was see SQUIRRELS 1981, was see under CHIPMUNKS 1975-80
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012589
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