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Insectivora

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Insectivora

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Also known as insectivore

thumb|European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

OverviewAI-generated

Insectivora is a taxon classified as an order within the class Mammalia, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon name is Insectivora, and its status is accepted. It is associated with freshwater habitats.

Records for this taxon include 52,732,182 occurrences. Additional data from iDigBio lists 3,161 records and 45 media items, held by institutions USNM and CM in the United States. The taxon is referenced by 84 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Mammalia

CLASS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderInsectivora
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded52,732,182

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
3,161
With media
45
Collections
USNM, CM
Recorded in
United States

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Classification
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

The order Insectivora (from Latin insectum "insect" and vorare "to eat") is an obsolete biological grouping within the class of mammals. Some species have now been moved out, leaving the remaining ones in the order Eulipotyphla within the larger clade Laurasiatheria, which makes up one of the basal clades of placental mammals.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Insectivora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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