Scandentia

E197123
mammal order taxonomic rank

Scandentia is an order of small, arboreal mammals known as treeshrews, native to tropical forests of Southeast Asia and once considered close relatives of primates.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Scandentia canonical 4
Euarchonta 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mammal order ⓘ
taxonomic rank ⓘ
characteristic arboreal ⓘ
diurnal ⓘ
insectivorous ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ
small-bodied ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
commonName treeshrews ⓘ
containsGenus Ptilocercus ⓘ
Tupaia ⓘ
describedAs treeshrews ⓘ
dietIncludes fruit ⓘ
insects ⓘ
nectar ⓘ
foundInCountry Indonesia ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
geographicDistribution Indomalayan realm ⓘ
habitat lowland tropical rainforest ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfSpecies 20 ⓘ
hasBrainFeature relatively large brain for body size ⓘ
hasMemberTaxon Ptilocercidae ⓘ
Tupaiidae ⓘ
hasNumberOfFamilies 2 ⓘ
includesCommonName treeshrews ⓘ
infraclass Eutheria ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
locomotionType arboreal quadrupedalism ⓘ
nativeTo Southeast Asia ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ
onceClassifiedAs Eulipotyphla ⓘ
surface form: Insectivora
onceConsideredCloseTo Primates ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
recognizedBy current taxonomic systems ⓘ
modern mammalogy ⓘ
relatedTo Dermoptera ⓘ
Primates ⓘ
Rodentia ⓘ
reproductiveStrategy placental ⓘ
subclass Theria ⓘ
superorder Euarchontoglires ⓘ
taxonRank order ⓘ
typeFamily Tupaiidae ⓘ
usedAsModelOrganismIn behavioral studies ⓘ
neuroscience research ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eutheria → includes → Scandentia ⓘ
Euarchontoglires → includes → Scandentia ⓘ
Euarchontoglires → hasSubclade → Scandentia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euarchonta
Euarchontoglires → EuarchontaIncludes → Scandentia ⓘ
Glires → relatedTo → Scandentia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euarchonta
Nicobar tree shrew → order → Scandentia ⓘ