Euarchontoglires
Euarchontoglires (from: Euarchonta ("true rulers") + Glires ("dormice")), synonymous with Supraprimates, is a clade and a superorder of mammals, the living members of which belong to one of the five following groups: rodents, lagomorphs, treeshrews, primates, and colugos.
Euarchontoglires Temporal range: | |
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From top to bottom (left): rat, treeshrew, colugo; (right) hare, macaque with human. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Magnorder: | Boreoeutheria |
Superorder: | Euarchontoglires Murphy et al., 2001 |
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