Afrosoricida

Translingual

Etymology

afro- + Sorex (“mole genus”) +‎ -ida

Proper noun

Afrosoricida

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – the tenrecs, golden moles etc.

Usage notes

Confusingly, the obsolete genus Afrosorex, now Crocidura, is placed in order Soricomorpha.

Hyponyms

(order): Chrysochloridae, Tenrecidae - families

References

Afrosoricida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Afrosoricida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Afrosoricida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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