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Welcome to Suborder Sciuromorpha!

Sciuromorpha - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Infraclass Placentalia > Superorder Euarchontoglires > Order Rodentia > Suborder Sciuromorpha

(From Wikipedia) Sciuromorpha ("squirrel-like") is a rodent clade that includes several different rodent families.

FACT: As a glimpse into the kind of stuff taxonomists get into, this entire suborder is organized mainly on the placement of muscle groups within the head!

Currently discovered: 1/3 Families

Family

  1. Sciuridae - Squirrels