Explore: Insectivora

The order Insectivora (from Latin insectum "insect" and vorare "to eat") is an obsolete biological grouping within the class of mammals. Some species

family Soricidae) as well as three other families of the former order Insectivora, Chrysochloridae (golden moles), Tenrecidae (tenrecs), and Potamogalidae

an order called Insectivora. This order is now abandoned, as not all insectivorous mammals are closely related. Most of the Insectivora taxa have been

groupings that pose problems in classification (e.g., the proposed order Insectivora is considered a "wastebasket taxon", as it groups small mammals that

Wasserspitzmaus, Neomys fodiens (Insectivora: Soricidae)" [On vocalization of the european water shrew Neomys fodiens (Insectivora: Soricidae)]. Zoologische

of Southeast Asia. This family was once considered part of the order Insectivora, but that polyphyletic order is now considered defunct. Erinaceids are

past it formed a significant group within the former order Insectivora. However, Insectivora was shown to be polyphyletic and various new orders were split

shrews, hedgehogs, and moles were classified under the now obsolete order Insectivora. Fully aquatic mammals, the cetaceans and sirenians, have lost their

called 'treeshrews', and despite having previously been classified in Insectivora, they are not true shrews, and not all species live in trees. They are

This list of mammals in Quebec is based on the "List of vertebrate fauna of Quebec". It includes species that have disappeared in recent history and introduced