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MAMMAL FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of mammals
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mammal family" is a kind of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mammal family"):
family Tachyglossidae; Tachyglossidae (echidnas)
family Ornithorhynchidae; Ornithorhynchidae (platypus)
Didelphidae; family Didelphidae (opossums)
Caenolestidae; family Caenolestidae (small marsupials of southern South America)
family Peramelidae; Peramelidae (bandicoots)
family Macropodidae; Macropodidae (kangaroos; wallabies)
Potoroinae; subfamily Potoroinae (rat kangaroos)
family Phalangeridae; Phalangeridae (phalangers; koalas)
family Vombatidae; Vombatidae (wombats)
Dasyuridae; family Dasyuridae; family Dasyurinae (dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils)
family Notoryctidae; Notoryctidae (pouched moles)
family Talpidae; Talpidae (moles)
Chrysochloridae; family Chrysochloridae (golden moles)
family Soricidae; Soricidae (shrews)
Erinaceidae; family Erinaceidae (true hedgehogs)
family Tenrecidae; Tenrecidae (tenrecs and extinct related forms)
family Potamogalidae; Potamogalidae (otter shrews)
Balaenidae; family Balaenidae (right whales)
Balaenopteridae; family Balaenopteridae (rorquals; blue whales)
Eschrichtiidae; family Eschrichtiidae (comprising only the grey whales)
family Physeteridae; Physeteridae (sperm whales)
family Hyperodontidae; family Ziphiidae; Hyperodontidae; Ziphiidae (beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae)
Delphinidae; family Delphinidae (dolphins)
family Platanistidae; Platanistidae (river dolphins)
family Monodontidae; Monodontidae (narwhals)
family Trichechidae; Trichechidae (comprising only the manatees)
Dugongidae; family Dugongidae (a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow)
family Otariidae; Otariidae (eared seals: sea lions and fur seals)
family Phocidae; Phocidae (earless seals)
family Odobenidae; Odobenidae (walruses and extinct forms)
family Orycteropodidae; Orycteropodidae (aardvarks)
Canidae; family Canidae (dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes)
family Hyaenidae; Hyaenidae (hyenas)
family Felidae; Felidae (cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers)
family Ursidae; Ursidae (bears and extinct related forms)
family Viverridae; family Viverrinae; Viverridae; Viverrinae (genets; civets; mongooses)
family Phyllostomatidae; family Phyllostomidae; Phyllostomatidae; Phyllostomidae (New World leaf-nosed bats)
family Rhinolophidae; Rhinolophidae (Old World leaf-nosed bats)
family Hipposideridae; Hipposideridae (Old World leafnose bats)
family Megadermatidae; Megadermatidae (Old World false vampire bats)
family Vespertilionidae; Vespertilionidae (the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world)
family Molossidae; Molossidae (mastiff bats; freetail bats)
Desmodontidae; family Desmodontidae (true vampire bats)
family Leporidae; Leporidae (hares and rabbits)
family Ochotonidae; Ochotonidae (pikas and extinct forms)
Muroidea; superfamily Muroidea (a superfamily of rodents essentially equal to the suborder Myomorpha but with the Dipodidae excluded)
family Muridae; Muridae (originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches)
Hydromyinae; subfamily Hydromyinae (water rats of Australia and New Guinea)
Cricetidae; family Cricetidae (mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters)
Gerbillinae; subfamily Gerbillinae (gerbils)
family Hystricidae; Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)
Erethizontidae; family Erethizontidae (New World arboreal porcupines)
family Heteromyidae; Heteromyidae (small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats)
family Zapodidae; Zapodidae (jumping mice)
Dipodidae; family Dipodidae (Old World jerboas)
family Gliridae; Gliridae (dormice and other Old World forms)
family Geomyidae; Geomyidae (North American pocket gophers)
family Sciuridae; Sciuridae (a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles)
Petauristidae; subfamily Petauristidae (Old World flying squirrels)
Castoridae; family Castoridae (beavers)
Aplodontiidae; family Aplodontiidae (mountain beavers)
Caviidae; family Caviidae (a family of Hystricomorpha)
family Hydrochoeridae; Hydrochoeridae (capybara)
Dasyproctidae; family Dasyproctidae (agoutis and pacas)
Capromyidae; family Capromyidae (coypus)
Chinchillidae; family Chinchillidae (small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents)
family Spalacidae; Spalacidae (mole rats)
Bathyergidae; family Bathyergidae (mole rats; sand rats)
family Uintatheriidae; Uintatheriidae (an extinct family of Dinocerata)
family Procaviidae; Procaviidae (includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea)
Equidae; family Equidae (horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals)
family Rhinocerotidae; rhinoceros family; Rhinocerotidae (rhinoceroses)
family Tapiridae; Tapiridae (tapirs and extinct related forms)
family Suidae; Suidae (pigs; hogs; boars)
family Tayassuidae; Tayassuidae (peccaries)
family Hippopotamidae; Hippopotamidae (hippopotami)
Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)
Bovinae; subfamily Bovinae (term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos: cattle; buffalo; and sometimes includes kudu)
Antilocapridae; family Antilocapridae (comprising only the pronghorns)
Cervidae; family Cervidae (deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer)
family Tragulidae; Tragulidae (chevrotains)
Camelidae; family Camelidae (camels and llamas and vicunas)
family Giraffidae; Giraffidae (giraffes)
family Mustelidae; Mustelidae (weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens)
Lutrinae; subfamily Lutrinae (subdivision not used in some classifications: otters)
Mephitinae; subfamily Mephitinae (subdivision not used in some classifications: skunks)
Melinae; subfamily Melinae (subdivision not used in some classifications: badgers)
Dasypodidae; family Dasypodidae (armadillos)
Bradypodidae; family Bradypodidae (a family of edentates comprising the true sloths)
family Megalonychidae; Megalonychidae (mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths)
family Megatheriidae; Megatheriidae (extinct ground sloths)
family Mylodontidae; Mylodontidae (extinct South American edentates)
family Myrmecophagidae; Myrmecophagidae (New World anteaters)
family Manidae; Manidae (coextensive with the order Pholidota)
family Hominidae; Hominidae (modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man)
family Pongidae; Pongidae (usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons)
family Hylobatidae; Hylobatidae (used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs); sometimes considered a subfamily of Pongidae)
Cercopithecidae; family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey)
Platyrrhini; superfamily Platyrrhini (New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarin)
Callithricidae; family Callithricidae (marmosets)
Cebidae; family Cebidae (all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins)
family Tupaiidae; Tupaiidae (tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates)
family Lemuridae; Lemuridae (typical lemurs; of Madagascar)
Daubentoniidae; family Daubentoniidae (comprising solely the aye-aye)
family Lorisidae; Lorisidae (slow-moving omnivorous nocturnal primates of tropical Asia; usually tailless)
family Indriidae; Indriidae (a family of Lemuroidea)
family Tarsiidae; Tarsiidae (coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers)
Cynocephalidae; family Cynocephalidae (a family of Dermoptera)
Elephantidae; family Elephantidae (elephants)
family Mammutidae; family Mastodontidae; Mammutidae (extinct family: mastodons)
family Gomphotheriidae; Gomphotheriidae (elephants extinct since the Pleistocene)
family Procyonidae; Procyonidae (raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas)
Bassariscidae; subfamily Bassariscidae (in some classifications considered a separate family)
Ailuropodidae; family Ailuropodidae (in some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas)
Holonyms ("mammal family" is a member of...):
Craniata; subphylum Craniata; subphylum Vertebrata; Vertebrata (fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals)
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