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Lipotyphla

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Lipotyphla [‚lip·ə′tī·fē·ə]
(vertebrate zoology)
A group of insectivoran mammals composed of insectivores which lack an intestinal cecum and in which the stapedial artery is the major blood supply to the brain.
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For decades, the 30-some species of the tenrec family, found mostly in Madagascar, were classified in the order now called Lipotyphla, with such animals as shrews, moles, Southern Africa's golden moles, and hedgehogs.
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