Insectivora
See also: insectívora
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
Insectivora
- (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the superorder Laurasiatheria – that grouped together the insectivores (hedgehogs, shrews, moles, solenodons etc.).
Usage notes edit
Members of Insectivora were reorganised into the new orders Afrosoricida (golden moles, tenrecs, etc.), Erinaceomorpha (hedgehogs) and Soricomorpha (shrews, moles and solenodons); the latter two initially replaced Insectivora within Laurasiatheria. It was later found that Soricomorpha, as thus defined, is paraphyletic, but that the combination of the families Soricidae and Erinaceidae is monophyletic. Soricidae and Erinaceidae were therefore combined into order Eulipotyphla. (See 
Insectivora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
Hyponyms edit
- (obsolete order): Erinaceidae (hedgehogs etc.); Soricidae (shrews); Talpidae (moles, etc.); Solenodontidae (solenodons) (families)
References edit
Insectivora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Insectivora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
