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Marmotini
Marmotini
Translingual
Proper noun
Marmotini
- A taxonomic tribe within the family Sciuridae – marmots, prairie dogs, ground squirrels of the Americas and Eurasia, and chipmunks.
Hypernyms
- (tribe): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Placentalia - cohort; Rodentia - order; Sciuromorpha - suborder; Sciuridae - family; Xerinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (tribe): Ammospermophilus, Callospermophilus, Cynomys, Ictidomys, Marmota, Notocitellus, Otospermophilus, Sciurotamias, Spermophilus, Poliocitellus, Urocitellus, Xerospermophilus, Tamias - genera