Associations to the word «Scandentia»

Wiktionary

SCANDENTIA, proper noun. A taxonomic order within the infraclass Placentalia   — the tree shrews.

Dictionary definition

SCANDENTIA, noun. A small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora).

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