Afroinsectivora

Afroinsectivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Clade:Afroinsectiphilia
Clade:Afroinsectivora
Waddell 2001
Orders

Afroinsectivora is a clade of mammals that includes the Macroscelideans and Afrosoricidans.[1] This clade includes the elephant shrews, golden moles and tenrecs.

Systematics

Afrotheria

Paenungulata

Afroinsectiphilia

Tubulidentata

Afroinsectivora

Macroscelidea

Afrosoricida

Classification

Notes

  1. Afroinsectivora in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved September 2017.

References

  • Waddell, P.J., H. Kishino, and R. Ota. 2001. A phylogenetic foundation for comparative mammalian genomics. Genome Informatics Series 12: 141-154.
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