- The
order Insectivora (from
Latin insectum "insect" and
vorare "to eat") is a now-abandoned
biological grouping within the
class of mammals. Some species...
- of
Southeast Asia. This
family was once
considered part of the
order Insectivora, but that
polyphyletic order is now
considered defunct.
Erinaceids are...
- an
order called Insectivora. This
order is now abandoned, as not all
insectivorous mammals are
closely related. Most of the
Insectivora taxa have been...
- W****erspitzmaus,
Neomys fodiens (
Insectivora: Soricidae)" [On
vocalization of the
european water shrew Neomys fodiens (
Insectivora: Soricidae)]. Zoologische...
-
family Soricidae) as well as
three other families of the
former order Insectivora,
Chrysochloridae (golden moles),
Tenrecidae (tenrecs), and Potamogalidae...
- past it
formed a
significant group within the
former order Insectivora. However,
Insectivora was
shown to be
polyphyletic and
various new
orders were split...
- shrews, hedgehogs, and
moles were
classified under the now
obsolete order Insectivora.
Fully aquatic mammals, the
cetaceans and sirenians, have lost their...
-
called 'treeshrews', and
despite having previously been
classified in
Insectivora, they are not true shrews, and not all
species live in trees. They are...
- of the taxa
within it were once
regarded as part of the
order Insectivora, but
Insectivora is now
considered to be
polyphyletic and obsolete. This proposed...
-
broader category Insectivora,
comprising all
small insect-eating
placental mammals.
Wilhelm Peters identified two sub-groups of
Insectivora, distinguished...
