Macroscelidea

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

‎Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Afroinsectivora
Ordo: Macroscelidea
Familia (1): Macroscelididae

Name

Macroscelidea Butler, 1956

References

Primary references

Butler, P.M. 1956. The skull of Ictops and the classification of the Insectivora. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 126(3): 453–481. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1956.tb00449.x. Reference page.

Additional references

Schlitter, D.A. 2005. Order Macroscelidea. Pp. 82–85 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.

Vernacular names

български: Слонски земеровки
English: Elephant-shrews
español: Musarañas elefante
magyar: Elefántcickány-alakúak
日本語: ハネジネズミ目
português: Musaranho-elefante
svenska: Springnäbbmöss
ไทย: หนูผีช้าง, เซงกิส, เซงกิ
українська: Слонові землерийки

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