Definition of Sciurids

1. sciurid [n] - See also: sciurid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sciurids

scissorstails
scissortail
scissortailed flycatcher
scissortails
scissorwise
scissura
scissura pilorum
scissure
scissures
scita
scitamineous
scituate
scituation
sciurid
sciuridae
sciurids (current term)
sciurine
sciurines
sciuroid
sciuromorpha
sciurus
scizorhinal
sclaffed
sclaffer
sclaffers
sclaffing
sclaffs
sclarene
sclarite

Literary usage of Sciurids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"Michener (1983) has shown that among ground-dwelling sciurids, ... In some ground-dwelling sciurids, the annual activity period lasts only a few months and ..."

2. American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine: Survey Methods for Their Detection by William J. Zielinski, Thomas E. Kucera (1998)
"Wolverines cache hibernating sciurids such as ground squirrels and hoary marmots ... such as berries, small mammals, sciurids, and insect larvae (table 5). ..."

3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1905)
"In the forward extension of the origin of the lateral masseter above and beyond the infraorbital foramen, it corresponds with sciurids and Castoridae, ..."

4. Conference on Adaptive Ecosystem Restoration and Management: Restoration of edited by Wallace Covington, Pamela K. Wagner (1998)
"... mice (P. maniculatus and P. boylii), cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttalli), and various sciurids ..."

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