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Proper noun

Euarchontoglires

1. A taxonomic superorder within the infraclass Placentalia – the colugos, lagomorphs, rodents, primates and treeshrews.

Usage notes

Euarchontoglires is a clade. In some classifications it is not used as a taxon, and the following orders are included directly within Placentalia (or its synonym Eutheria).

Hyponyms

• Euarchonta
• Gliriformes

• (superorder): Dermoptera, Lagomorpha, Rodentia, Primates, Scandentia (orders)
  • †Plesiadapiformes (extinct order)

Related terms

• euarchontogliran