Macroscelididae

Macroscelides proboscideus

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
Subfamiliae: Macroscelidinae – Rhynchocyoninae
Genera overview (6 + 1†): Elephantulus – Galegeeska – Macroscelides – Petrodromus – Petrosaltator – Rhynchocyon – †Miosengi

Name

Macroscelididae Bonaparte, 1838: 111

References

Primary references

• Bonaparte, C.L. 1838. Synopsis Vertebratorum Systematis. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali. Bologna 2: 105–133.

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. 
• Grossman, A. & Holroyd, P.A. 2009. Miosengi butleri, gen. et sp. nov., (Macroscelidea) from the Kalodirr member, Lothidok formation, Early Miocene of Kenya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29: 957–960. DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0318
• Dumbacher, J.P., Carlen, E.J. & Rathbun, G.B. 2016. Petrosaltator gen. nov., a new genus replacement for the North African sengi Elephantulus rozeti (Macroscelidea; Macroscelididae). Zootaxa 4136(3): 567–579. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.3.8. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Vernacular names

čeština: Bércouni
dansk: Springspidsmus
Deutsch: Rüsselspringer
English: Elephant Shrews
日本語: ハネジネズミ科
Nederlands: Springspitsmuizen
norsk: Springspissmus
polski: Ryjoskoczki
português: Musaranho-elefante
svenska: Springnäbbmöss
ไทย: หนูผีช้าง, เซงกิ, เซงกิส

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