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Insectivora

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In`sec`tiv´o`ra
n. pl.1.(Zool.) An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects.
2.A division of the Chiroptera, including the common or insect-eating bats.
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Noun1.Insectivora - shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs
order Insectivora
animal order - the order of animals
Eutheria, subclass Eutheria - all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
Lipotyphla, suborder Lipotyphla - moles; hedgehogs; true shrews
Menotyphla, suborder Menotyphla - elephant shrews; tree shrews
insectivore - small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals
family Talpidae, Talpidae - moles
Chrysochloridae, family Chrysochloridae - golden moles
family Soricidae, Soricidae - shrews
Erinaceidae, family Erinaceidae - true hedgehogs
family Tenrecidae, Tenrecidae - tenrecs and extinct related forms
family Potamogalidae, Potamogalidae - otter shrews


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Sampling over 2 years yielded 403 captures that included 222 individual mammals, representing 9 mammalian species of 6 families (Muridae, Soricidae, Sciuridae, Mustelidae, Procyonidae, and Didelphiidae) belonging to 4 orders (Rodentia, Insectivora, Carnivora, and Marsupialia).
Epidemic spread of Lyme borreliosis, Northeastern United States by Fish, Durland / Emerging Infectious Diseases
In contrast, the standard theory -- based mostly on wing similarities -- holds that microbats and megabats evolved from nocturnal mammals of the order Insectivora, and that most megabats later lost their echolocating abilities.
Bat breath adds fuel to evolutionary flap by Walker, Tim / Science News
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