| Noun | 1. | order Insectivora - shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs 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 |