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Tupaiiformes (disused)

Mammalia - Insectivora

Taxonomy
Tupaiiformes is a suborder. It is extant.

It was assigned to Insectivora by Gunnell (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Tupaiiformes Gunnell p. 147

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderInsectivoraBowdich 1821
suborderTupaiiformes
suborderTupaiiformes

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:21:55
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:21:55
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available