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Scandentia

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Noun1.Scandentia - 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)
order Scandentia
animal order - the order of animals
Eutheria, subclass Eutheria - all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
family Tupaiidae, Tupaiidae - tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates
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Now they are classified in a separate order, Scandentia (Martin, 1990), placed between insectivores and primates.
Inference based on transitive relation in tree shrews (Tupaia ... by Takahashi, Makoto; Ushitani, Tomokazu; Fujita, Kazuo / The Psychological Record
 
 
 
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