HyperDic: order_scandentia

English > 1 sense of the expression order Scandentia:
NOUNanimalorder Scandentia, Scandentiaa small order comprising only the tree shrews
English > order Scandentia: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora).
SynonymScandentia
Member ofEutheria, subclass EutheriaAll mammals except monotremes and marsupials
MembersTupaiidae, family Tupaiidaetree shrews
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
CatalanScandentia

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