order Scandentia

order Scandentia
noun
a 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)
Syn: ↑Scandentia
Hypernyms: ↑animal order
Member Holonyms: ↑Eutheria, ↑subclass Eutheria
Member Meronyms: ↑Tupaiidae, ↑family Tupaiidae

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