Insectivora

insectívora Translingual Etymology mul Proper noun mul obsolete order superorder Laurasiatheria that grouped together the insectivores (hedgehogs, shrews, moles, solenodons etc.) Usage notes Members of Insectivora were reorganised into the new orders Afrosoricida order (golden moles, tenrecs, etc.), Erinaceomorpha order (hedgehogs) and Soricomorpha (shrews, moles and solenodons); the latter two initially replaced Insectivora within Laurasiatheria. It was later found that Soricomorpha, as thus defined, is paraphyletic, but that the combination of the families Soricidae family and Erinaceidae family is monophyletic. Soricidae and Erinaceidae were therefore combined into order Eulipotyphla order. (See ) Hyponyms obsolete order Erinaceidae family hedgehogs, etc.; Soricidae family shrews; Talpidae family moles, etc.; Solenodontidae family solenodons families References mul Taxonomic names (obsolete)