Soricomorpha
Sign in to saveSoricomorpha (from Greek "shrew-form") is a formerly used taxon within the class of mammals. In the past it formed a significant group within the former order Insectivora. However, Insectivora was shown to be polyphyletic and various new orders were split off from it, including Afrosoricida (tenrecs, golden moles, otter shrews), Macroscelidea (elephant shrews), and Erinaceomorpha (hedgehogs and gymnures), with the four remaining extant and recent families of Soricomorpha shown here then being treated as a separate order. Insectivora was left empty and disbanded.
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Soricomorpha is an order within the class Mammalia, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. It is associated with the group Eulipotyphla. The taxon has been documented in 1,279,547 occurrences.
In the United States, 54 records of Soricomorpha are held by the institutions SDNHM, UCMP, and UOMNH. No media files are associated with these records. The subject is referenced by 147 other encyclopedia articles.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderSoricomorpha
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- Eulipotyphla
- taxon name
- Soricomorpha
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- topic's main category
- Category:Soricomorphs
- taxon common name
- spissmusdyr
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Soricomorpha (from Greek "shrew-form") is a formerly used taxon within the class of mammals. In the past it formed a significant group within the former order Insectivora. However, Insectivora was shown to be polyphyletic and various new orders were split off from it, including Afrosoricida (tenrecs, golden moles, otter shrews), Macroscelidea (elephant shrews), and Erinaceomorpha (hedgehogs and gymnures), with the four remaining extant and recent families of Soricomorpha shown here then being treated as a separate order. Insectivora was left empty and disbanded.
Subsequently, Soricomorpha itself was shown to be paraphyletic, because Soricidae shared a more recent common ancestor with Erinaceidae than with other soricomorphs. The combination of Soricomorpha and Erinaceidae, referred to as order Eulipotyphla, has been shown to be monophyletic.
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