Scandentia
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See also: scandentia
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin neuter plural of scandens (“climbing”).
Proper noun
Scandentia
- A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – the tree shrews.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Boreoeutheria – magnorder; Euarchontoglires – superorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Ptilocercidae, Tupaiidae – families
References
Scandentia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Scandentia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Scandentia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - 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
