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n. - A mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels.

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  • Additionally some squirrels (Sciuridae) can also cause losses.
  • Chipmunk is the name for animals belonging to the Sciuridae family of the Rodentia order.
  • Any of various arboreal rodents of the genus Sciurus and related genera of the family Sciuridae, having a long flexible bushy tail and including the fox squirrel, gray...
  • They are members of the Sciuridae family, which means 'bushy tail' and is a perfect way to describe the many members of the squirrel family - tree squirrels, ground...
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