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Insectivora   Listen
noun
Insectivora  n. pl.  (Zool.)
1.
An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects. Note: They are mostly of small size, and their molar teeth have sharp cusps. Most of the species burrow in the earth, and many of those of cold climates hibernate in winter. The order includes the moles, shrews, hedgehogs, tanrecs, and allied animals, also the colugo.
2.
A division of the Chiroptera, including the common or insect-eating bats.






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"Insectivora" Quotes from Famous Books



... would give the superiority to the horse, the deer, or the hunting leopard, instead of to the Quadrumana. We seem here to have quite a case in point, for one group of Quadrumana, the Lemurs, is undoubtedly nearer to the low Insectivora and Marsupials than the Carnivora or the Ungulata, as shown among other characters by the Opossums possessing a hand with perfect opposable thumb, closely resembling that of some of the Lemurs; and by the curious Galeopithecus, which is sometimes classed as ...
— Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection - A Series of Essays • Alfred Russel Wallace



Words linked to "Insectivora" :   animal order, Talpidae, Menotyphla, family Chrysochloridae, Erinaceidae, order Insectivora, family Tenrecidae, family Potamogalidae, Eutheria, family Talpidae, Chrysochloridae, family Erinaceidae, Lipotyphla, suborder Lipotyphla, family Soricidae, Tenrecidae, Potamogalidae, insectivore, Soricidae, suborder Menotyphla, subclass Eutheria



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