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Definition of Sciuromorpha
1. Noun. Large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc..
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Order Rodentia, Rodentia
Member holonyms: Family Heteromyidae, Heteromyidae, Family Geomyidae, Geomyidae, Family Sciuridae, Sciuridae, Castoridae, Family Castoridae, Aplodontiidae, Family Aplodontiidae
Definition of Sciuromorpha
1. n. pl. A tribe of rodents containing the squirrels and allied animals, such as the gophers, woodchucks, beavers, and others.
Medical Definition of Sciuromorpha
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sciuromorpha
Literary usage of Sciuromorpha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"... the upper lip is rarely cleft; the muffle clad with fine hair; tail hairy,
sub-naked or scaly. SECTION I.—sciuromorpha. Contains the following families, ..."
2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1894)
"Never in the sciuromorpha. 9. The sterno-scapular muscle is composed of the
subclavius and the ... In the sciuromorpha it is attached to a third. the 12. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"Professor TG Lee of the University of Minnesota was the first to study the
implantation and early development of the sciuromorpha, the suborder of rodents ..."
4. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"Moreover, even at the present day the sciuromorpha are scarcely represented at all
... Of the squirrel-like rodents, constituting the section sciuromorpha, ..."
5. An Introduction to the Mammalian Dentition by Thomas Wingate Todd (1918)
"The latter suborder includes the following sections: sciuromorpha, squirrel-
like; Myomorpha, ... Of these the sciuromorpha are the most primitive and the ..."
6. Reports and Papers by Iowa Geological Survey (1914)
"Superfamily sciuromorpha. The Squirrels, Flying Squirrels, Woodchucks, ...
In the group sciuromorpha the writer places without hesita- ion the family ..."
7. Contributions to the Comparative Anatomy of the Mammalian Eye by George Lindsay Johnson (1901)
"B. sciuromorpha. The sciuromorpha present great varieties, and include some of
the most curious appearances to be found in any animal. ..."
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