Clockwise from upper left: a solenodon, hedgehog,[a] mole and shrew
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Magnorder:
Boreoeutheria
Superorder:
Laurasiatheria
Order:
Eulipotyphla Waddell et al., 1999
Families
†Amphilemuridae?
†Nyctitheriidae?
†Plesiosoricidae
SolenodonotaBrace et al., 2016
†Nesophontidae
Solenodontidae
Erinaceotavan Valen, 1967
Talpidae
Soricidae
Erinaceidae
Synonyms
Euinsectivora
Insectivora
Eulipotyphla (/ˌjuːlɪpoʊˈtɪflə/, which means "truly fat and blind"[1]) is an order of mammals suggested by molecular methods of phylogenetic reconstruction, which includes the laurasiatherian members of the now-invalid polyphyletic order Lipotyphla, but not the afrotherian members (tenrecs, golden moles, and otter shrews, now in their own order Afrosoricida).
Eulipotyphla comprises the hedgehogs and gymnures (family Erinaceidae, formerly also the order Erinaceomorpha), solenodons (family Solenodontidae), the desmans, moles, shrew-like moles (family Talpidae) and true shrews (family Soricidae). True shrews, talpids and solenodons were formerly grouped in Soricomorpha; however, Soricomorpha has been found to be paraphyletic, since erinaceids are the sister group of shrews.[2][3][4]
A 2023 study suggested that the order began to diversify prior to the K-Pg extinction, based on molecular clock estimates.[5]
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^Bininda-Emonds, O. R. P.; Cardillo, M.; Jones, K. E.; MacPhee, R. D. E.; Beck, R. M. D.; Grenyer, R.; Price, S. A.; Vos, R. A.; Gittleman, J. L.; Purvis, A. (2007-03-29). "The delayed rise of present-day mammals". Nature. 446 (7135): 507–512. Bibcode:2007Natur.446..507B. doi:10.1038/nature05634. PMID 17392779. S2CID 4314965.
^Foley, Nicole M.; Mason, Victor C.; Harris, Andrew J.; Bredemeyer, Kevin R.; Damas, Joana; Lewin, Harris A.; Eizirik, Eduardo; Gatesy, John; Karlsson, Elinor K.; Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin; Zoonomia Consortium‡; Springer, Mark S.; Murphy, William J.; Andrews, Gregory; Armstrong, Joel C. (2023-04-28). "A genomic timescale for placental mammal evolution". Science. 380 (6643): eabl8189. doi:10.1126/science.abl8189. ISSN 0036-8075. PMC 10233747. PMID 37104581.
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