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Insectivora (insectivoran)
Taxonomy
Insectivora was named by Bowdich (1821). It is extant.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Insectivora by Cope (1889), Ameghino (1894) and McKenna (1975); it was reranked as the suborder Insectivora by Ameghino (1897); it was corrected as Insectivori by Jaekel (1911).
It was assigned to Bunotheria by Cope (1889); to Eutheria by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Sarcobora by Ameghino (1894) and Ameghino (1897); to Monodelphia by Hay (1902); to Therictoidea by Gregory (1910); to Mesotheria by Jaekel (1911); to Monodelphia by Hay (1930); to Tokotheria by McKenna (1975); to Mammalia by Leidy (1873) and Shoshani et al. (1989); to Archonta by Gunnell (1989); to Eutheria by Flower (1883), Gadow (1898), Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Novacek et al. (1985), Lillegraven and McKenna (1986) and Nowak (1991); and to Epitheria by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Insectivora by Cope (1889), Ameghino (1894) and McKenna (1975); it was reranked as the suborder Insectivora by Ameghino (1897); it was corrected as Insectivori by Jaekel (1911).
It was assigned to Bunotheria by Cope (1889); to Eutheria by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Sarcobora by Ameghino (1894) and Ameghino (1897); to Monodelphia by Hay (1902); to Therictoidea by Gregory (1910); to Mesotheria by Jaekel (1911); to Monodelphia by Hay (1930); to Tokotheria by McKenna (1975); to Mammalia by Leidy (1873) and Shoshani et al. (1989); to Archonta by Gunnell (1989); to Eutheria by Flower (1883), Gadow (1898), Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Novacek et al. (1985), Lillegraven and McKenna (1986) and Nowak (1991); and to Epitheria by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1821 | Insectivora Bowdich |
| 1873 | Insectivora Leidy p. 336 |
| 1883 | Insectivora Flower p. 186 |
| 1889 | Insectivora Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Insectivora Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
| 1894 | Insectivora Ameghino p. 106 |
| 1897 | Insectivora Ameghino p. 501 |
| 1898 | Insectivora Gadow p. 51 |
| 1902 | Insectivora Hay p. 737 |
| 1910 | Insectivora Gregory p. 464 |
| 1911 | Insectivori Jaekel p. 209 |
| 1930 | Insectivora Hay p. 422 |
| 1965 | Insectivora Sloan and Van Valen p. 225 |
| 1975 | Insectivora McKenna p. 42 |
| 1985 | Insectivora Novacek et al. p. 3 |
| 1986 | Insectivora Lillegraven and McKenna p. 37 |
| 1989 | Insectivora Gunnell p. 147 |
| 1989 | Insectivora Shoshani et al. p. 436 |
| 1991 | Insectivora Nowak |
| 2004 | Insectivora Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 505-506 |
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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.
Or. Insectivora Bowdich 1821 [insectivoran]
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Subor. Menotyphla Haeckel
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Fm. Tupaiidae Gray 1825 [tree shrew]
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G. Dendrogale Gray 1848
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Dendrogale melanura Thomas 1892
Dendrogale murina Schlegel and Mueller 1843
G. Ptilocercus Gray 1848 [Pen-tailed tree shrew]
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†Ptilocercus kylin Li and Ni 2016
Ptilocercus lowii Gray 1848
Subfm. Tupaiinae Gray 1825
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G. †Prodendrogale Qiu 1986
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†Prodendrogale engesseri Ni and Qiu 2012
†Prodendrogale yunnanica Qiu 1986
G. Tupaia Raffles 1821
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Tupaia belangeri Wagner 1841
Tupaia chrysogaster Miller 1903
Tupaia dorsalis Schlegel 1857
Tupaia everetti Thomas 1892
Tupaia glis Dirard 1820
Tupaia gracilis Thomas 1893
Tupaia javanica Horsfield 1822 [Horsfield's treeshrew]
Tupaia longipes Thomas 1893
Tupaia minor Gunther 1876
†Tupaia miocenica Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Tupaia moellendorffi Matschie 1898
Tupaia montana Thomas 1892
Tupaia nicobarica Zelebor 1869
Tupaia palawanensis Thomas 1894
Tupaia picta Thomas 1892
Tupaia splendidula Gray 1865
†Tupaia storchi Ni and Qiu 2012
Tupaia tana Raffles 1821 [large treeshrew]
Invalid names: Cladobates Cuvier 1824 [synonym], Glipora Jentink 1888 [synonym], Glirisorex Scudder 1882 [synonym], Glisorex Desmarest 1822 [synonym], Glisosorex Giebel 1855 [synonym], Hylogale Temminck 1827 [synonym], Hylogalea Muller and Schlegel 1843 [synonym], Lyonogale Conisbee 1913 [synonym], Sorexglis Cuvier and Saint-Hilaire 1821 [synonym], Tana Lyon 1913 [synonym], Urogale Mearns 1905 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cladobatina Bonaparte 1838 [synonym], Glisoricina Pomel 1848 [synonym]
Invalid names: Adapisoriculinae Van Valen 1967 [empty], Ptilocercinae Lyon 1913 [empty]
Invalid names: Erinaceota Van Valen 1967 [empty], Myogalidae [empty], Mythomyidae Dobson 1883 [empty], Proglires Osborn 1902 [empty], Scalopidae [empty], Tillodonti Marsh 1875 [empty], Tupaiiformes [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available