Afroinsectivora

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.[1] This clade includes the elephant shrews, golden moles, tenrecs, and otter shrews.

Phylogeny

Afrotheria
A cladogram of Afrotheria based on molecular evidence[2]

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.


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