| has gloss | (noun) a family of mammals
mammal family |
| lexicalization | eng: mammal family |
| subclass of | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"
family |
| Note: 75 other subclass(es) ommited in the following list |
| has subclass | (noun) platypus
family Ornithorhynchidae, Ornithorhynchidae |
| has subclass | (noun) small marsupials of southern South America
Caenolestidae, family Caenolestidae |
| has subclass | (noun) bandicoots
Peramelidae, family Peramelidae |
| has subclass | (noun) dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils
family Dasyurinae, family Dasyuridae, Dasyuridae |
| has subclass | (noun) tenrecs and extinct related forms
Tenrecidae, family Tenrecidae |
| has subclass | (noun) beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae
family Hyperodontidae, Hyperodontidae, Ziphiidae, family Ziphiidae |
| has subclass | (noun) comprising only the manatees
family Trichechidae, Trichechidae |
| has subclass | (noun) earless seals
Phocidae, family Phocidae |
| has subclass | (noun) bears and extinct related forms
Ursidae, family Ursidae |
| has subclass | (noun) New World leaf-nosed bats
Phyllostomidae, Phyllostomatidae, family Phyllostomatidae, family Phyllostomidae |
| has subclass | (noun) Old World leafnose bats
family Hipposideridae, Hipposideridae |
| has subclass | (noun) true vampire bats
Desmodontidae, family Desmodontidae |
| has subclass | (noun) originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches
Muridae, family Muridae |
| has subclass | (noun) mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters
family Cricetidae, Cricetidae |
| has subclass | (noun) New World arboreal porcupines
family Erethizontidae, Erethizontidae |
| has subclass | (noun) 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
Heteromyidae, family Heteromyidae |
| has subclass | (noun) jumping mice
Zapodidae, family Zapodidae |
| has subclass | (noun) capybara
family Hydrochoeridae, Hydrochoeridae |
| has subclass | (noun) mole rats; sand rats
family Bathyergidae, Bathyergidae |
| has subclass | (noun) rhinoceroses
family Rhinocerotidae, rhinoceros family, Rhinocerotidae |
| has subclass | (noun) pigs; hogs; boars
family Suidae, Suidae |
| has subclass | (noun) hippopotami
Hippopotamidae, family Hippopotamidae |
| has subclass | (noun) term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos: cattle; buffalo; and sometimes includes kudu
subfamily Bovinae, Bovinae |
| has subclass | (noun) deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer
Cervidae, family Cervidae |
| has subclass | (noun) chevrotains
family Tragulidae, Tragulidae |
| has subclass | (noun) weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens
family Mustelidae, Mustelidae |
| has subclass | (noun) subdivision not used in some classifications: otters
subfamily Lutrinae, Lutrinae |
| has subclass | (noun) subdivision not used in some classifications: badgers
Melinae, subfamily Melinae |
| has subclass | (noun) mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths
Megalonychidae, family Megalonychidae |
| has subclass | (noun) extinct ground sloths
family Megatheriidae, Megatheriidae |
| has subclass | (noun) usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons
family Pongidae, Pongidae |
| has subclass | (noun) marmosets
Callithricidae, family Callithricidae |
| has subclass | (noun) tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates
family Tupaiidae, Tupaiidae |
| has subclass | (noun) typical lemurs; of Madagascar
Lemuridae, family Lemuridae |
| has subclass | (noun) slow-moving omnivorous nocturnal primates of tropical Asia; usually tailless
Lorisidae, family Lorisidae |
| has subclass | (noun) a family of Lemuroidea
family Indriidae, Indriidae |
| has subclass | (noun) coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers
Tarsiidae, family Tarsiidae |
| has subclass | (noun) elephants
family Elephantidae, Elephantidae |
| has subclass | (noun) elephants extinct since the Pleistocene
Gomphotheriidae, family Gomphotheriidae |
| has subclass | (noun) in some classifications considered a separate family
subfamily Bassariscidae, Bassariscidae |