Glires

Any creationist who assumes no common descent has no basis for categorizing all Glires together, all Primates together, etc… and this data says nothing.

Evolution of the appendix? - The Panda's Thumb 2009

That's interesting: the only groups that have an appendix are the Glires rodents and rabbits, primates, monotremes, and some marsupials.

Evolution of the appendix? - The Panda's Thumb 2009

The most recent assessment of the morphological and fossil data indicates that lagomorphs are, after all, most closely related to rodents, with the two forming the larger clade Glires.

Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006

The primate hypothesis, and the resurrection of Glires

Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006

_Glires_ are furnished with two remarkably large and long front teeth, both above and below, and are destitute of canine teeth.

Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side Frances Bowyer Vaux

Give me an account of the fourth order, Glires, with the animals belonging to it.

Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side Frances Bowyer Vaux

B. _ To the fourth, Glires: but, unless you know the peculiar characteristics by which each order is distinguished, you will never be able to recollect the answers I have given to your desultory questions this evening.

Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side Frances Bowyer Vaux

_Tenuirostres_ among birds, and the _Glires_, or mice, among quadrupeds, are the smallest of their respective classes; and both are typically distinguished by wanting all appendages to the head, either in the form of crests or horns.

Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. George Vasey 1857

When that paper was presented to the society, I was not able to say, with absolute confidence, though I thought it highly probable, that the animal which I described was one of the lethargic species of Glires, or those species which pass the winter-season in a torpid state.

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 1771

If you’re interested, both morphological and molecular data supports the inclusion of Glires within the more inclusive clade Euarchontaglires, and herein there are the primates, dermopterans and tree shrews.

Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006