MAMMAL FAMILY

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• MAMMAL FAMILY (noun)
  The noun MAMMAL FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. a family of mammals

  Familiarity information: MAMMAL FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAMMAL FAMILY (noun)

Meaning:

A family of mammals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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 Sciuridae; Sciuridae (a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles)

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)

family Rhinocerotidae; rhinoceros family; Rhinocerotidae (rhinoceroses)

Equidae; family Equidae (horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals)

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)

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)

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)

Cebidae; family Cebidae (all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins)

Callithricidae; family Callithricidae (marmosets)

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)

Ailuropodidae; family Ailuropodidae (in some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas)

family Geomyidae; Geomyidae (North American pocket gophers)

family Otariidae; Otariidae (eared seals: sea lions and fur seals)

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 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 Soricidae; Soricidae (shrews)

Chrysochloridae; family Chrysochloridae (golden moles)

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)

family Physeteridae; Physeteridae (sperm whales)

family Phocidae; Phocidae (earless seals)

family Leporidae; Leporidae (hares and rabbits)

family Ochotonidae; Ochotonidae (pikas and extinct forms)

Muroidea; superfamily Muroidea (essential equal to suborder Myomorpha 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)

Desmodontidae; family Desmodontidae (true vampire bats)

family Molossidae; Molossidae (mastiff bats; freetail bats)

family Vespertilionidae; Vespertilionidae (the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world)

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 Gliridae; Gliridae (dormice and other Old World forms)

Holonyms ("mammal family" is a member of...):

Craniata; subphylum Craniata; subphylum Vertebrata; Vertebrata (fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals)