Macroscelides flavicaudatus

Macroscelides flavicaudatus

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Afrotheria Ordo: Macroscelidea

Familia: Macroscelididae
Subfamilia: Macroscelidinae
Tribus: Macroscelidini
Genus: Macroscelides
Species: Macroscelides flavicaudatus

Name

Macroscelides flavicaudatus Lundholm, 1955

Holotype: TM 10499, ♂

Type locality: “6 miles (9.6 km) from the mouth of the Omaruru River”, Namibia.

Combinations

• Macroscelides proboscideus flavicaudatus Lundholm, 1955: 285 [original combination as subspecies]
• Macroscelides flavicaudatus Dumbacher, Rathbun, Smit & Eiseb, 2012: 10 [name combination, elevate to species status]

References

Primary references

• Lundholm, B.G. 1955. Descriptions of new mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 22(3): 279–303. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Dumbacher, J.P., Rathbun, G.B., Smit, H.A. & Eiseb, S.J. 2012. Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Round-Eared Sengis or Elephant-Shrews, Genus Macroscelides (Mammalia, Afrotheria, Macroscelidea). PLoS ONE 7(3): e32410. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032410 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Μακροσκέλιδο Κιτρινούρο Σένγκι
English: Namib Round-eared Sengi