Editing Insectivora (section)

{{short description|Now abandoned biological grouping}}
{{for|the general insect-eating behavior|Insectivore}}
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[[File: Hedgehog-en.jpg|thumb|[[European hedgehog]] (''Erinaceus europaeus'')]]

The [[Order (biology)|order]] '''Insectivora''' (from [[Latin]] ''insectum'' "insect" and ''vorare'' "to eat") is a now-abandoned biological grouping within the class of [[mammal]]s. Some species have now been moved out, leaving the remaining ones in the order [[Eulipotyphla]] within the larger clade [[Laurasiatheria]], which makes up one of the [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] [[clades]] of [[placental]] [[mammal]]s.