Macroscelidea

Macroscelides proboscideus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macroscelidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Atlantogenata Superordo: Afrotheria Grandordo: Afroinsectiphilia Mirordo: Afroinsectivora Ordo: Macroscelidea

‎Classis: Mammalia
Mirordo: Afroinsectivora
Ordo: Macroscelidea
Familiae (1 + †4): Macroscelididae – †Afrohypselodontidae – †Herodotiidae – †Metoldobotidae – †Myohyracidae

Name

Macroscelidea Butler, 1956

Synonymy

• Macroscelidiformes Zagorodniuk, 2008

References

Primary references

• Butler, P.M. 1956. The skull of Ictops and the classification of the Insectivora. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 126(3): 453–481. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1956.tb00449.x. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Schlitter, D.A. 2005. Order Macroscelidea. Pp. 82–85 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
• Zagorodniuk, V. 2008. Наукові назви рядів ссавців: від описових до уніфікованих [Scientific names of mammalian orders: from descriptive to uniform]. Biology Series 48: 33–43. ResearchGate Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• български: Слонски земеровки
• English: Sengis, Elephant Shrews
• español: Musarañas elefante
• magyar: Elefántcickány-alakúak
• 日本語: ハネジネズミ目
• português: Musaranho-elefante
• svenska: Springnäbbmöss
• ไทย: หนูผีช้าง, เซงกิส, เซงกิ
• українська: Слонові землерийки

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