Alternative spelling: Insectivori
Parent taxon: Eutheria according to H. Gadow 1898
See also Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1897, Cope 1889, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gregory 1910, Gunnell 1989, Hay 1902, Jaekel 1911, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Leidy 1873, Lillegraven and McKenna 1986, McKenna 1975, Novacek et al. 1985, Nowak 1991, Shoshani et al. 1989 and Sloan and Van Valen 1965
Sister taxa: Acristatherium, Adapisoriculidae, Ambolestes, Asioryctidae, Asioryctitheria, Bibymalagasia, Cimolesta, Didymoconida, Durlstodon, Durlstotherium, Endotherium, Eomaia, Heptaconodon, Heptaconodon dubium, Holoclemensiidae, Horolodectidae, Hovurlestes, Indoclemensia, Juramaia, Kennalestoidea, Leptictida, Meridiungulata, Mingotheriidae, Montanalestes, Mutica, Nanocuridae, Notopterna, Palaeorycteropus, Paranyctoides, Paraxonia, Placentalia, Proteutheria, Prozalambdalestes, Quadripedes, Sahnitherium, Sazlestes, Sinodelphys, Taeniodonta, Tamirtheria, Therictoidea, Trogontia, Zalambdalestoidea, Zhelestidae
Subtaxa: Centetoidea Erinaceota Menotyphla Myogalidae Mythomyidae Scalopidae Tupaiiformes
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore