English > Insectivora: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs. |
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Synonym | order Insectivora |
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Member of | Eutheria, subclass Eutheria | All mammals except monotremes and marsupials |
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Members | Chrysochloridae, family Chrysochloridae | golden moles |
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Erinaceidae, family Erinaceidae | true hedgehogs |
Lipotyphla, suborder Lipotyphla | moles |
Menotyphla, suborder Menotyphla | Elephant shrews |
Potamogalidae, family Potamogalidae | otter shrews |
Soricidae, family Soricidae | shrews |
Talpidae, family Talpidae | moles |
Tenrecidae, family Tenrecidae | tenrecs and extinct related forms |
insectivore | small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial / terrestrial or fossorial mammals |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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Spanish | Insectivora, insectívoros, orden Insectivora |
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Catalan | Insectivora, insectívors |
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