suborder

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A division of an order; a group of genera of a little lower rank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of Compositae.

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As well as breathing with lungs, they respire through the many folds in their thin skin, which has capillaries close to the surface. citation The suborder Salamandroidea contains the advanced salamanders. Source: Internet

Eschrichtiidae or the gray whales is a family of baleen whale (suborder Mysticeti ) with a single extant species, the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus). Source: Internet

More recently, taxonomists have preferred to split primates into the suborder Strepsirrhini, or wet-nosed primates, consisting of non-tarsier prosimians, and the suborder Haplorhini, or dry-nosed primates, consisting of tarsiers and the simians. Source: Internet

The families within the mesobatrachian suborder generally contain morphological features typical of both the other suborders. Source: Internet

Dragonflies (suborder Anisoptera) are heavy-bodied, strong-flying insects that hold their wings horizontally both in flight and at rest. Source: Internet

It is the sole surviving member of the family Odobenidae, one of three lineages in the suborder Pinnipedia along with true seals ( Phocidae ) and eared seals ( Otariidae ). Source: Internet

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