Eulipotyphla

Eulipotyphla
Temporal range:
Clockwise from upper left: a solenodon, hedgehog,[a] mole and shrew
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Eulipotyphla
Waddell et al., 1999
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Eulipotyphla (/ˌjlɪpˈtɪflə/, from eu- + Lipotyphla; sometimes called true insectivores[1]) is an order of mammals comprising the Erinaceidae (hedgehogs and gymnures); Solenodonstidae (solenodons); Talpidae (moles, shrew-like moles and desmans); and Soricidae (true shrews) families.


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  1. ^ Buckley, Michael; Harvey, Virginia L; Orihuela, Johanset; Mychajliw, Alexis M; Keating, Joseph N; Milan, Juan N Almonte; Lawless, Craig; Chamberlain, Andrew T; Egerton, Victoria M; Manning, Phillip L (2020-06-04). "Collagen Sequence Analysis Reveals Evolutionary History of Extinct West Indies Nesophontes (Island-Shrews)". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37 (10): 2931–2943. doi:10.1093/molbev/msaa137. ISSN 0737-4038. PMC 7530613.

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