Afrosoricida

Tenrec ecaudatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Afrosoricida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Afrotheria Ordo: Afrosoricida

‎Classis: Mammalia
Superordo: Afrotheria
Ordo: Afrosoricida
Subordines (2): Chrysochloridea – Tenrecomorpha

Conspectus familiarum

Chrysochloridae – Potamogalidae – Tenrecidae

Name

Afrosoricida Stanhope, Waddell, Madsen, de Jong, Hedges, Cleven, Kao & Springer, 1998: 9971

References

• Stanhope, M.J., Waddell, V.G., Madsen, O., de Jong, W., Hedges, S.B., Cleven, G.C., Kao, D. & Springer, M.S. 1998. Molecular evidence for multiple origins of Insectivora and for a new order of endemic African insectivore mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 95(17): 9967–9972. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.17.9967
• http://www.timetree.org/pdf/Poux2009Chap73.pdf

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Αφρομυγαλοειδή
日本語: アフリカトガリネズミ目
ไทย: อันดับเทนเรค
Türkçe: Tenreksiler

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