Eulipotyphla

Translingual

Etymology

“Truly fat and blind”, from eu- +‎ Lipotyphla.

Proper noun

Eulipotyphla

1. A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – eulipotyphlans.
   1. A grouping (not fully accepted) of morphologically similar mammals, including hedgehogs and shrew-like mammals, corresponding to orders Erinaceomorpha + Soricomorpha.
   2. A taxonomic clade within the clade Laurasiatheria.

Synonyms

• (order): Lipotyphla (sensu stricto)

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Boreoeutheria – magnorder; Laurasiatheria – superorder

Hyponyms

• (order): Erinaceidae, Soricidae, Talpidae, Solenodontidae (solenodons) – extant families
  • Crocidurinae (white-toothed shrews), Erinaceinae (hedgehogs), Galericinae (gymnures), Myosoricinae (African white-toothed shrews), Scalopinae (New World moles), Soricinae (red-toothed shrews), Talpinae (Old World moles), Uropsilinae (shrew moles) – subfamilies
  • † Nesophontidae (extinct West Indian shrews), †Amphilemuridae – extinct famililes

References

• Eulipotyphla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eulipotyphla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Eulipotyphla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Eulipotyphla at Paleobiology Database ()