Lipotyphla


Lipotyphla is a formerly used order of mammals, including the members of the order Eulipotyphla as well as two other families of the former order Insectivora, Chrysochloridae and Tenrecidae. However, molecular studies found the golden moles and tenrecs to be unrelated to the others. This made Lypotyphla an invalid polyphyletic order and gave rise to the notion of Eulypotyphla instead, an exclusively laurasiatherian grouping.