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order Scandentia

DEFINITIONS OF: order Scandentia

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n 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:
Scandentia
Type of:
animal order
the order of animals
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