Definition of Suborder menotyphla

1. Noun. Elephant shrews; tree shrews.

Exact synonyms: Menotyphla
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Insectivora, Order Insectivora

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suborder Menotyphla

suborder Heterostraci
suborder Homoptera
suborder Hyperoartia
suborder Hyperotreta
suborder Hystricomorpha
suborder Lacertilia
suborder Lari
suborder Lemuroidea
suborder Limicolae
suborder Lipotyphla
suborder Maniraptora
suborder Manteodea
suborder Marginocephalia
suborder Megachiroptera
suborder Megaloptera
suborder Menotyphla
suborder Menurae
suborder Microchiroptera
suborder Mugiloidea
suborder Myomorpha
suborder Mysticeti
suborder Myxiniformes
suborder Myxinoidei
suborder Natantia
suborder Nematocera
suborder Nothosauria
suborder Odontoceti
suborder Ophidia
suborder Ornithomimida
suborder Ornithopoda

Literary usage of Suborder menotyphla

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1913)
"... of the suborder Menotyphla, are of peculiar interest, because they appear to bridge over to some extent the gap that separates In- ..."

2. Treeshrews: An Account of the Mammalian Family Tupaiidae by Marcus Ward Lyon (1913)
"OSBORN, HENRY FAIRFIELD. The Age of Mammals in Europe, Asia, and North America, 1910. On p. 522, under classification of Mammals: suborder menotyphla, ..."

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