tropical forests of South and Southeast Asia. They make up the entire order Scandentia, which split into two families: the Tupaiidae (19 species, "ordinary"...

orders Dermoptera (or colugos) and Primates. Primatomorpha is sister to Scandentia, together forming the Euarchonta. The term "Primatomorpha" first appeared...

The Euarchonta are a proposed grandorder of mammals: the order Scandentia (treeshrews), and its sister Primatomorpha mirorder, containing the Dermoptera...

that combine the clades Glires (Rodentia + Lagomorpha) and Euarchonta (Scandentia + Primates + Dermoptera). It is usually discussed without a taxonomic...

clade. Scandentia are widely considered to be the closest relatives of Primatomorpha, within Euarchonta. Some studies, however, place Scandentia as sister...

3%)   Peramelemorphia (0.3%)   Perissodactyla (0.3%)   Pilosa (0.3%)   Scandentia (0.3%)   Paucituberculata (0.1%)   Pholidota (0.1%)   Hyracoidea (0.09%)...

supports the Glires hypothesis. Studies published in 2011 and 2015 place Scandentia as a sister clade of the Glires, invalidating Euarchonta as a clade. Meng...

Murray E. (eds.), "Chapter 34 - Insectivores (Insectivora, Macroscelidea, Scandentia)", Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 8, St. Louis: W.B. Saunders...

physiology is unclear. The Ptilocercidae are a family within the order Scandentia. Numerous morphological and genetic differences support the classification...

The following is a list of largest mammals by family. The largest of these insectivorous mammals is the giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox), native to...