- The
order Insectivora (from
Latin insectum "insect" and
vorare "to eat") is a now-abandoned
biological grouping within the
class of mammals. Some species...
- W****erspitzmaus,
Neomys fodiens (
Insectivora: Soricidae)" [On
vocalization of the
european water shrew Neomys fodiens (
Insectivora: Soricidae)]. Zoologische...
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family Soricidae) as well as
three other families of the
former order Insectivora,
Chrysochloridae (golden moles),
Tenrecidae (tenrecs), and Potamogalidae...
- an
order called Insectivora. This
order is now abandoned, as not all
insectivorous mammals are
closely related. Most of the
Insectivora taxa have been...
- shrews, hedgehogs, and
moles were
classified under the now
obsolete order Insectivora.
Fully aquatic mammals, the
cetaceans and sirenians, have lost their...
- A list of
prehistoric and
extinct species whose fossils have been
found in Port
Kennedy Bone Cave,
located within the
limits of
Valley Forge National Historical...
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groupings that pose
problems in
classification (e.g., the
proposed order Insectivora is
considered a "wastebasket taxon", as it
groups small mammals that...
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broader category Insectivora,
comprising all
small insect-eating
placental mammals.
Wilhelm Peters identified two sub-groups of
Insectivora, distinguished...
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activity as cats.
Although traditionally classified in the
abandoned order Insectivora,
hedgehogs are omnivorous. They feed on insects, snails,
frogs and toads...
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Matthew R. E. (February 2005). "Phylogeny and life
histories of the '
Insectivora':
controversies and consequences".
Biological Reviews. 80 (1): 93–128...
