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  prairie dog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The mass culling of the prairie dog lead to the near extinction of the fl-footed ferret, which eats the prairie dog.
The White-tailed Prairie Dog was described by Ludvig/Louis, and was named after the 1805 Lewis and Clark Expedition where prairie dogs were first identified for scientific study.
An alternative classification treats the Sciurinae, including Cynomys as a Subfamily of the Sciuridae.
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 BioKIDS : Tree and ground squirrels, marmots, chipmunks (Sciurinae) : Classification
BioKIDS : Tree and ground squirrels, marmots, chipmunks (Sciurinae) : Classification
Subfamily Sciurinae (tree and ground squirrels, marmots, chipmunks)
BioKIDS is sponsored in part by the Interagency Education Research Initiative, National Science Foundation, University of Michigan School of Education and Museum of Zoology.
www.biokids.umich.edu /critters/classification/Sciurinae.html   (82 words)

  
 Sciurinae Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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 Olympus Microscopy Resource Center: Polarized Light Microscopy Gallery - Squirrel Hair
Although the family Sciuridae contains more than 250 different species of rodents that live in a wide variety of habitats, most people use the term squirrel to refer to only those that are arboreal.
These tree squirrels comprise the subfamily Sciurinae, which contains 122 species in 22 genera.
The common name of squirrels is derived from the Greek word skiouros, which means “shade tail,” an allusion to one of their most prominent features.
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 Classification (from ground squirrel) --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Ground squirrels belong to the subfamily Sciurinae, which includes tree squirrels and chipmunks.
Subfamily Sciurinae is part of the squirrel family (Sciuridae) in the order Rodentia.
Atlantoxerus, Xerus, and Spermophilopsis are closely related within this subfamily, as are Ammospermophilus and Spermophilus, which are classified in a subgroup within Sciurinae…
www.britannica.com /eb/article-226082   (781 words)

  
 World Almanac for Kids
SQUIRREL, common name for many rodents of the family Sciuridae, which also includes the woodchuck, CHIPMUNK, and PRAIRIE DOG, (qq.v.); the genus Sciurus includes many common American species.
The subfamily Sciurinae includes the tree and ground squirrels, with about 225 species; and the subfamily Petauristinae includes the so-called flying squirrels, with about 35 species.
Squirrels range in size from the pygmy squirrels of Africa, genus Myosciurus, which are about 13 cm (5 in) long, to the giant squirrels of Asia, genus Ratufa, which are about 90 cm (36 in) long.
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 Scott Steppan - Home Page
Several unexpected clades are revealed and the current taxonomy does not reflect the phyloeny.
Most significantly, the flying squirels (Subfamily Petauristinae) appear monophyletic but they are not the sister-group to the remaining squirrels (Sciurinae).
Instead they are nested within Sciurinae and are most closely related to the Neotropical tree squirrels.
bio.fsu.edu /~steppan   (758 words)

  
 squirrel --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
These distinctive animals occupy a range of ecological niches worldwide virtually anywhere there is vegetation.
The squirrel family includes ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, prairie dogs, and flying squirrels, but to most people squirrel refers to the 122 species of tree squirrels, which belong to 22 genera of the subfamily Sciurinae.
The North American gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) has adapted to urban and suburban areas where it is regarded as aesthetic or as a minor annoyance.
concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9069300   (866 words)

  
 Daisykit's Trading Post   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
- Mastered Layout: Anatidae 15, Cinereus 14, Sciurinae 12, Martimus 14, Toco 13, Vulpes 14, and EquusZebra 11 & 13.
- Remember This: Anatidae 09, Sciurinae 01, and Points(30).
- Portraits: Vulpes 02, Sciurinae 04, and Points(50).
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 Anti-Squirrel Coalition Florida Chapter (Page 1)
The ASC is in an ongoing fight between the little tree rats and by expanding to Florida we are able to gain the upper hand in the South.
Tree and ground squirrels belong to the subfamily Sciurinae, and
The Squirrel cam: and undercover live web cam of these evil things.
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 Find in a Library: A study of the diurnal squirrels, Sciurinae, of the Indian and Indochinese subregions
Find in a Library: A study of the diurnal squirrels, Sciurinae, of the Indian and Indochinese subregions
A study of the diurnal squirrels, Sciurinae, of the Indian and Indochinese subregions
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 Relationships Among Living Squirrels of the Sciurinae - MOORE,J.C.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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 Stock photography, photos: Cautious Black-tailed Prairie Dog
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