Euarchontoglires
Translingual
Etymology
From Euarchonta + Glires.
Proper noun
Euarchontoglires
- A taxonomic superorder within the infraclass Placentalia – the colugos, lagomorphs, rodents, primates and treeshrews.
Usage notes
Euarchontoglires is a clade. In some classifications it is not used as a taxon, and the following orders are included directly within Placentalia (or its synonym Eutheria).
Hypernyms
- (superorder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass
Hyponyms
- Euarchonta
- Gliriformes
- (superorder): Dermoptera, Lagomorpha, Rodentia, Primates, Scandentia (orders)
- †Plesiadapiformes (extinct order)
Related terms
- euarchontogliran
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