Home›Subcategories›FamilySubcategoriesFamily450 of 1,475 entries in Taxa. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextNature Atlas. "Family." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/taxon/family.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextNature Atlas. (n.d.). Family. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/taxon/familyCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{natureatlas-family, author = {Nature Atlas}, title = {Family}, year = {2026}, url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/taxon/family}, note = {Accessed September 8, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe rank below order, grouping genera that share a close and usually visibly recognizable resemblance: Felidae's cats, Canidae's dogs and foxes, Ursidae's bears. Each family here sits one rank above genus and one rank below order in the taxon tree's hierarchy.Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)BrowseCompareSelect all 450AbrocomidaeFamily1 linkAcanthisittidaeFamily1 linkAcanthizidaeFamily1 linkAcrocephalidaeFamily1 linkAcrochordidaeFamily1 linkAcroporidaeFamily1 linkAegithalidaeFamily1 linkAgamidaeFamily1 linkAgapythidaeFamily1 linkAlaudidaeFamily1 linkAlcedinidaeFamily1 linkAlcidaeFamily1 linkAlligatoridaeFamily1 linkAlopoglossidaeFamily1 linkAmaranthaceaeFamily1 linkAnacardiaceaeFamily1 linkAnatidaeFamily1 linkAnguidaeFamily1 linkAnguillidaeFamily1 linkAniliidaeFamily1 linkAnniellidaeFamily1 linkAnolidaeFamily1 linkAnomalepididaeFamily1 linkAnomaluridaeFamily1 linkAnomochilidaeFamily1 linkAnthicidaeFamily1 linkAnthribidaeFamily1 linkAntilocapridaeFamily1 linkApiaceaeFamily1 linkApidaeFamily1 linkAplodontiidaeFamily1 linkAraceaeFamily1 linkArdeidaeFamily1 linkArecaceaeFamily1 linkArtamidaeFamily1 linkAsteraceaeFamily1 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