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)
10. Rodentia (order)

Narrower term/s

• 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)

Anotations

Scope note:

Family containing 50 genera and 268 species of small rodents; the term "squirrel" is derived from the Greek "skiouros," meaning "shade tail," which describes one of the animals' most conspicuous and recognizable features.