Sciuridae

Also known as squirrel family, squirrels, sciurids

famiglia di mammiferi dell'ordine Rodentia

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Sciuridae is a taxonomic family within the order Rodentia, classified under the suborder Sciuromorpha. The family includes the subfamilies Sciurinae and Xerinae. Members of this group are characterized by their long, bushy tails. The scientific name is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.

The family is diurnal. It is represented by the Unicode character 🐿️. The group is referenced by 1,968 other encyclopedia articles. Descriptions of the taxon appear in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

PubMed contains 12,490 records for the query "squirrel." The iDigBio database lists one record for the family sciuridae, held by the institution UMMZ. The topic is categorized under Category:Squirrels and is listed on the Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4 focus list.

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Species

松鼠科（學名：Sciuridae），是哺乳綱啮齿目一個科，其下包括松鼠亞科（Sciurinae）和非洲地松鼠亞科（Xerinae），特徵是長著毛茸茸的長尾巴。本科和與其親緣關係接近的動物组成松鼠形亞目（Sciuromorpha）。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 1
Family: Sciuridae
Collections: UMMZ

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Research

12,490 papers

The squirrel as a rodent model of the human visual system.ReviewVisual neuroscience · 2006Van Hooser SD, Nelson SBDOI: 10.1017/S0952523806230098
Multiple benefits of juvenile play: A ground squirrel's perspective.ReviewNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2023Nunes S, Monroy Montemayor MPDOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105099
Head arteries of the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris).Veterinary research communications · 2023Zdun M, Ruszkowski JJ, Hetman M et al.DOI: 10.1007/s11259-022-10033-6
Cutaneous Histiocytosis in an Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis).Journal of wildlife diseases · 2024Brown KR, Clarke LL, Lien M et al.DOI: 10.7589/JWD-D-23-00139
A de novo genome assembly and annotation of the southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans).G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Wolf JF, Bowman J, Keobouasone S et al.DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab373
A draft genome assembly for the eastern fox squirrel, Sciurus niger.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Kang L, Michalak P, Hallerman E et al.DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab315
The squirrel is in the detail: Anatomy and morphometry of the tail in Sciuromorpha (Rodentia, Mammalia).Journal of morphology · 2021Hofmann R, Lehmann T, Warren DL et al.DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21412
Flying squirrels, hidden treasures.eLife · 2023Chow PKYDOI: 10.7554/eLife.89823

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Sciuromorpha
Image: Sciurus carolinensis.jpg

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taxon rank: family
taxon name: Sciuridae
Commons category: Sciuridae
Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Commons gallery: Sciuridae
this zoological name is coordinate with: Sciurini
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
taxon common name: ekornfamilien
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
diel cycle: diurnality
Unicode character: 🐿️

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Article · Italiano

Gli Sciuridi (Sciuridae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) sono una numerosa famiglia di Roditori di piccole-medie dimensioni. Sono fra i mammiferi più diffusi e si trovano in ogni continente tranne in Australia e in Antartide. Poiché sono relativamente poco specializzati, gli Sciuridi sono stati in grado di evolvere una grande varietà di forme corporee e di abitudini che li rendono adatti a vivere in una grande varietà di habitat, dalle lussureggianti foreste pluviali tropicali alle alture rocciose dei deserti semiaridi, dalle praterie aperte ai giardini cittadini. Questa prospera famiglia comprende forme molto variabili come le marmotte terricole e scavatrici di tane sotterranee; gli scoiattoli terricoli, i cani della prateria e i tamia; gli scoiattoli diurni e arboricoli; i notturni scoiattoli volanti.

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