English noun: order Scandentia | |||
1. | order Scandentia (animal) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | animal order | ||
Member holonym | family Tupaiidae, Tupaiidae | ||
Member meronym | Eutheria, subclass Eutheria | ||