The PEDIGREE of
Family Sciuridae (squirrels)

     aka sciurids; (Xerinae & Sciurinae & Callosciurini clade together)

 "Child(ren)":       Subfamily Xerinae (terrestrial squirrels)   ;   Sciurinae (tree squirrels : flying squirrels)   ;   Callosciurini (ornate squirrels)   ;   Ratufinae (oriental giant squirrel)   ;   Sciurillinae (neotropical pygmy squirrel)   ;   extinct subfamilies
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/-- Class Sarcopterygii   +====> [ 69]
/-- Clade of Rhipidistia
/-- Subclass Tetrapodamorpha
/-- Infraphylum Tetrapoda
/-- Microphylum Amniota
/-- Superclass Synapsida
/-- Epiclass of Therapsids
/-- Class Mammalia  (180? M BC - ?)
/-- Subclass Theriiformes (Therial Mammals)
/-- Infraclass Eutheria (Placental Mammals)
/-- Superlegion Boreoeutheria (mammals from Laurasia Supercontinent)
/-- Legion of Euarchontoglires  (70 M BC - ?)
/-- Superorder of Glires
/-- Order Rodentia
/-- Suborder Sciuromorpha
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- Family Sciuridae (squirrels)
 

 
  ``2-Great Grandchild:''       Genus Tamias (chipmunks)
 

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