Elephantulus

Elephantulus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macroscelidea

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 Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Afroinsectiphilia Cladus: Afroinsectivora Ordo: Macroscelidea

Familia: Macroscelididae
Subfamilia: Macroscelidinae
Tribus: Elephantulini
Genus: Elephantulus
Species (10 + †2): †E. antiquus – E. brachyrhynchus – †E. broomi – E. edwardii – E. fuscipes – E. fuscus – E. intufi – E. myurus – E. pilicaudus – E. revoili – E. rufescens – E. rupestris

Name

• Elephantulus Thomas & Schwann, 1906: 577

Type species: Macroscelides rupestris Smith, 1831, by original designation.

Synonymy

• Nasilio Thomas & Schwann, 1906: 578

Type species: Macroscelides brachyrhynchus A. Smith, 1836, by original designation.

• Elephantomys Broom, 1937: 758 [synonymised by Broom, 1938: 251]

Type species: †Elephantomys langi Broom, 1937, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. & Schwann, H. 1906. The Rudd exploration of South Africa – V. List of mammals obteined by mr. Grant in North East Transvaal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906: 575–591.
• Broom, R. 1937. On some new Pleistocene mammals from limestone caves of the Transvaal. South African Journal of Science 33(3): 750–768. hdl: 10520/AJA00382353_8174 Reference page. 
• Broom, R. 1938. Notes on the premolars of the elephant shrews. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19(2): 251–252.

Links

• Elephantulus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

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