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Eutheriaplacental mammals
Identification
Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel)
Caption
fox squirrel
- Subject
- Live Animal
- Type
- Photo
- Life Stages And Gender
- Adult/Sexually Mature
Contributors
Phil Myers (photographer; copyright holder), Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
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Classification
- Kingdom Animalia animals
- Phylum Chordata chordates
- Subphylum Vertebrata vertebrates
- Class Mammalia mammals
- Infraclass Eutheria placental mammals
Related Taxa
- Order Afrosoricida tenrecs and golden moles
- Family Bradypodidae three-toed sloths
- Order Carnivora carnivores
- Superorder Cetartiodactyla cetaceans and artiodactyls
- Order Chiroptera bats
- Order Cingulata armadillos
- Species Cyclopes didactylus silky anteater
- Order Dermoptera flying lemurs
- Family Erinaceidae gymnures and hedgehogs
- Order Hyracoidea hyraxes
- Order Lagomorpha hares, pikas, and rabbits
- Order Macroscelidea elephant-shrews
- Family Megalonychidae two-toed sloths
- Family Myrmecophagidae anteaters
- Order Perissodactyla horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs
- Order Pholidota pangolins
- Order Primates primates
- Order Proboscidea elephants
- Order Rodentia rodents
- Order Scandentia tree shrews
- Order Sirenia dugongs, manatees, and sea cows
- Order Soricomorpha insectivores
- Order Tubulidentata aardvark
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