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Rodentia

  • Sciuridae

    Gaurs at Cat Tien National Park

    The family Sciuridae includes small or medium-sized rodents which include tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrels...

    Rodentia is from Latin for rodens 'gnawing'.

    Sciuridae: from Latin Sciurus which is from the Ancient Greek word σκίουρος (skiouros; from σκιᾱ́ ('shade') and οὐρᾱ́ ('tail')),referring to the long bushy tail which many of its members have.

    The word squirrel comes from the Anglo-Norman esquirel which is from the Old French escureil, the reflex of a Latin word sciurus.