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ORDER SCANDENTIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Synonyms:
order Scandentia; Scandentia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("order Scandentia" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order Scandentia"):
family Tupaiidae; Tupaiidae (tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates)
Holonyms ("order Scandentia" is a member of...):
Eutheria; subclass Eutheria (all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)
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