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 | ||