Macroscelidea

Macroscelides proboscideus

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Magnordo: Epitheria
Superordo: Afrotheria
Ordo: Macroscelidea
Familiae (1): Macroscelididae

Name

• Macroscelidea Butler, 1956

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. 
• Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)  2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

български: Слонски земеровки
English: 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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