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An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects.

A group of mammals which formerly included the Carnivora, Insectivora, Marsupialia, and lemurs, but is now often restricted to the Carnivora.

A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs. See Colugo.

s guard him in the golden mean. Pope. -- Golden mole (Zoöl), one of several South African Insectivora of the family Chrysochloridæ, resembling moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green, purple, and gold. -- Golden number (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned f…

One of the Insectivora.

the Insectivora, and to many bats, birds, and reptiles.

se placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc.

als having a small size as a typical characteristic. It includes the lower orders, as the Insectivora, Cheiroptera, Rodentia, and Edentata.

One of the Myogalodæ, a family of Insectivora, including the desman, and allied species.

assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.

A genus of small Insectivora, including the common shrews.

Of or pertaining to a tribe (Zalambdodonta) of Insectivora in which the molar teeth have but one V-shaped ridge.