Euarchontoglires

Translingual

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Etymology

From Euarchonta + Glires.

Proper noun

Euarchontoglires

1. A taxonomic superorder within the infraclass Placentalia – the colugos, lagomorphs, rodents, primates and treeshrews.

Usage notes

Euarchontoglires is a clade. In some classifications it is not used as a taxon, and the following orders are included directly within Placentalia (or its synonym Eutheria).

Hypernyms

• (superorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass

Hyponyms

• Euarchonta
• Gliriformes

• (superorder): Dermoptera, Lagomorpha, Rodentia, Primates, Scandentia (orders)
  • †Plesiadapiformes (extinct order)

Related terms

• euarchontogliran

References

• Euarchontoglires on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Euarchontoglires on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Euarchontoglires on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons