Squirrels are some of the most beautiful of the rodentia, and chiefly live in trees.
"Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals"
R. Lee
Ribeyro's account of pearl-diving, 378. Rilawa monkey, 5. rodentia, 41, 74. Rogers, Major, story of his horse, 84. his death by lightning, 84 n.
"Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon"
J. Emerson Tennent
Each of these orders is represented in the Miocene epoch: the Eocene formation, as I have already said, contains Cheiroptera, Insectivora, rodentia, Ungulata, Carnivora, and Cetacea.
"Critiques and Addresses"
Thomas Henry Huxley