Meanings
plural eulipotyphlans
- An insectivorous mammal of the order Eulipotyphla.
Multiple studies of solenodon genes in the last 15 years have helped figure things out: solenodons are the sister group of all of the other eulipotyphlans.
2018 April 11, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian1 more example
In conclusion, Barbatodon transylvanicus was an insular primitive multituberculate with a very hard diet and red iron pigmented teeth showing a pattern distribution similar to eulipotyphlan insectivores and grasping incisors that were not ever-growing.
2015 July 16, “Red Iron-Pigmented Tooth Enamel in a Multituberculate Mammal from the Late Cretaceous Transylvanian “Haţeg Island””, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
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