Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. Living Organisms (hierarchy name)
4. living organisms (entities)
5. Eukaryota (domain)
6. Animalia (kingdom)
7. Chordata (phylum)
8. Vertebrata (subphylum)
9. Mammalia (class)

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. Living Organisms
4. living organisms
5. Eukaryota
6. Animalia
7. Chordata
8. Vertebrata
9. Mammalia
10. Placentalia

Narrower term/s

• Sciuridae (family)[+]
  • squirrels [+]
    • Scurius carolinensis (species) [NP]
    • Sciurus niger (species) [NP]
    • Sciurus griseus (species) [NP]
  • Marmota (genus) [+]
    • Marmota monax (species)
  • Cynomys (genus)
  • Sciurus (genus) [+]
    • Scurius carolinensis (species)
    • Sciurus niger (species)
    • Sciurus griseus (species)
  • Tamias (genus)
• porcupines
• Castoridae (family)[+]
  • Castor (genus)
• Muridae (family)[+]
  • Mus (genus) [+]
    • Mus musculus (species)
  • Rattus (genus) [+]
    • Rattus norvegicus (species)
    • Rattus rattus (species)
• Cricetidae (family)[+]
  • Ondatra (genus) [+]
    • Ondatra zibethicus (species)
• Octodontidae (family)[+]
  • Spalacopus (genus) [+]
    • Spalacopus cyanus (species)

Anotations

Scope note:

Order containing more than 2,050 species in 27 families characterized by having no canine teeth and strong incisors, the upper and lower pairs of which are ever-growing and rootless, including rats, mice, porcupines, beavers, squirrels, marmots, pocket gophers, and chinchillas.