Suborder

Sciuromorpha (Squirrels, dormice, and mountain beavers)

Neotamias senex. Photo: (c) Greg Schechter, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Sciuromorpha (“squirrel-like”) is a rodent clade that includes several different rodent families. It includes all members of the Sciuridae (the squirrel family) as well as the mountain beaver species.

— Wikipedia

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
        Subclass: Theria (Therians)
        Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
        Superorder: Euarchontoglires (Primates, rodents, and allies)
        Order: Rodentia (Rodents)
        Suborder: Sciuromorpha (Squirrels, dormice, and mountain beavers)
        Family: Aplodontiidae (Mountain beavers) (1)
        Family: Sciuridae (Squirrels) (10)

Subtaxa

Family: Aplodontiidae (Mountain beavers)

Family: Sciuridae (Squirrels)

Suborder

Sciuromorpha (Squirrels, dormice, and mountain beavers)

Subtaxa

Where in Humboldt

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