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Afroinsectivora

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Clade of mammals

Afroinsectivora
Taxidermied animals at the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology, England. On the left four-toed elephant shrew (Petrodromus tetradactylus), in the middle Cape golden mole (Chrysochloris asiatica) and on the right greater hedgehog tenrec (Setifer setosus).
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Grandorder: Afroinsectiphilia
Mirorder: Afroinsectivora
Waddell, Kishino & Ota 2001
Orders

Afroinsectivora is a clade of mammals that includes the macroscelideans and afrosoricidans. This clade includes the elephant shrews, golden moles, tenrecs, and otter shrews.

Phylogeny

Afrotheria
Paenungulata
Hyracoidea

Procaviidae

Tethytheria
Sirenia

Trichechidae

Dugongidae

Proboscidea

Elephantidae

Afroinsectiphilia
Tubulidentata

Orycteropodidae

Afroinsectivora
Macroscelidea

Macroscelididae

Afrosoricida

Chrysochloridae

Tenrecomorpha

Potamogalidae

Tenrecidae

A cladogram of Afrotheria based on molecular evidence

Classification

Notes

  1. Afroinsectivora in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved September 2017.
  2. Tabuce, R.; Asher, R. J.; Lehmann, T. (2008). "Afrotherian mammals: a review of current data" (PDF). Mammalia. 72: 2–14. doi:10.1515/MAMM.2008.004. S2CID 46133294. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014.

References

  • Waddell, P.J.; Kishino, H.; Ota, R. (2001). "A phylogenetic foundation for comparative mammalian genomics". Genome Informatics. 12: 141–154. PMID 11791233.
Taxon identifiers
Afroinsectivora


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