Soricomorpha

Translingual

Etymology

Sorex +‎ -morpha

Proper noun

Soricomorpha

1. Shrew-like mammals.
   1. A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia.
   2. A taxonomic suborder within the order Eulipotyphla.

Usage notes

• Most circumscriptions of the order are now considered paraphyletic. See Soricomorpha in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell..

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class

Hyponyms

• (order): Solenodontidae, Soricidae, Talpidae - extant families

References

• Soricomorpha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Soricomorpha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Soricomorpha on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Insectivora at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Soricomorpha at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Soricomorpha in Mammal Species of the World^[2] at Bucknell.
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248