suborder Sciuromorpha
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Noun | 1. | suborder Sciuromorpha - large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc. 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 Aplodontiidae, family Aplodontiidae - mountain beavers |
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