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Scandentia
Wagner, 1855
- tree shrews
(mammal)
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Entity:
Sundatheria (Clade)
..Dermoptera (Order)
..Scandentia (Order) - tree shrews
....Ptilocercidae (Family)
....Tupaiidae (Family) - tree shrews
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Chordata
-
(Class)
Mammalia
Included, by definition, in node-based clade
Euarchonta
(Clade)
Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa 1999
Ref:
P.J. Waddell et al., 1999a
: 4.
Euarchontoglires
(Clade)
Murphy, Stanyon & O'Brien 2001
Ref:
W.J. Murphy et al., 2001b
: 6.
Paraprimates
(Clade)
Springer, Murphy, Eizirik, Madsen, Scally, Douady, Teeling, Stanhope, de Jong & O'Brien 2007
Ref:
M.S. Springer et al., 2007
: table 5 (p. 21 note 6).
Subsequent positions
Archonta
(Grandorder)
Gregory, 1910
Subsequent entries
Tupaiidae
(Family)
Gray, 1825
Current position
Sundatheria
(Clade)
Olson, Sargis & Martin, 2005
Ref:
Olson et al., 2005: 657; Upham et al., 2019: fig. 4
[
new position
]
Alternative positions
Archonta
(Grandorder)
Gregory, 1910
Ref:
G.A. Feldhamer et al., 2020
: table 10.1 (p. [225]).
Archonta
(Superorder)
Gregory, 1910
Ref:
M.J. Benton, 2005
: 403.
Epitheria
(Cohort)
McKenna, 1975
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: table A-1 (p. 629) (Novacek, 1986).
[by reference]
Euarchonta
(Grandorder)
Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa, 1999
Ref:
K.D. Rose, 2006
: table 1.2 (p. 10); Benton, 2015: box 10.5.
Euarchonta
(Clade)
Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa 1999
Ref:
P.J. Waddell et al., 1999c
: 135.
Euarchontoglires
(Superorder)
Murphy, Stanyon & O'Brien, 2001
Ref:
C.J. Burgin et al., 2020
: table 2 (p. 26).
Euarchontoglires
(Clade)
Murphy, Stanyon & O'Brien 2001
Ref:
H. Nishihara et al., 2006
: fig. 2.
Eutheria
(Infraclass)
Gill, 1872
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 630.
Mammalia
(Class)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
D.E. Wilson, 1993
: 131.
Placentalia
(Infraclass)
Owen, 1837
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011
: 57.
Sundatheria
(Grandorder)
Olson, Sargis & Martin, 2005
Ref:
M.J. Benton, 2015
: 446.
Theria
(Subclass)
Parker & Haswell, 1897
Ref:
K.M. Helgen, 2005
: 104.
[implicit]
Historical positions
Euarchontoglires
(Superorder)
Murphy, Stanyon & O'Brien, 2001
Ref:
C.J. Burgin et al., 2020
: table 2 (p. 26).
Sundatheria
(Grandorder)
Olson, Sargis & Martin, 2005
Ref:
M.J. Benton, 2015
: 446.
Placentalia
(Infraclass)
Owen, 1837
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011
: 57.
Euarchontoglires
(Clade)
Murphy, Stanyon & O'Brien 2001
Ref:
H. Nishihara et al., 2006
: 9929, fig. 2.
Theria
(Subclass)
Parker & Haswell, 1897
Ref:
K.M. Helgen, 2005
: 104.
[implicit]
Archonta
(Superorder)
Gregory, 1910
Ref:
M.J. Benton, 2005
: 403, box 10.6.
Archonta
(Grandorder)
Gregory, 1910
Ref:
L.L. Mai et al., 2005
: 573.
Archonta
(Grandorder)
Gregory, 1910
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 356.
Mammalia
(Class)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
1995
Mammalia
(Class)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
D.E. Wilson, 1993
: 131; 4.
Mammalia
(Class)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
: 39.
Mammalia
(Class)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
R.M. Nowak, 1991
Eutheria
(Infraclass)
Gill, 1872
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 630.
Epitheria
(Cohort)
McKenna, 1975
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: table A-1 (p. 629) (Novacek, 1986).
[by reference]
Number of Subtaxa
2025
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
2f;5g;20s;44ss; †2g;1s
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
2f;5g;20s;44ss; †2g
2020
C.J. Burgin et al.
: table 2 (p. 26)
[2f]
2011
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder
: 57
2f
2005
K.M. Helgen
[2f;5g;20s;44ss]
(2000)
1f5g19s
1997
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell
[1f;5g; †2g]
1993
D.E. Wilson
[1f];5g;19s
1991
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill
1f;[5g;~16s]
1988
R.L. Carroll
: 630
[1f]
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21 Sep 2025