Scandentia (order)
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Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Mammalia (class)
Descripción
Order containing 17 species in one family, characterized as slender animals with long tails and soft gray or brown fur, with tterrestrial species larger than the arboreal forms with larger claws, which they use for digging up insect prey.
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Otros términos
- tree shrew order [en]