Scandentia
See also: scandentia
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin neuter plural of scandens (“climbing”).
Proper noun
Scandentia
- A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – the tree shrews.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass
Hyponyms
- (order): Tupaiidae, Ptilocercidae - families
References
Scandentia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Scandentia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Scandentia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521