Orycteropodidae

Orycteropus afer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tubulidentata

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 Ordo: Tubulidentata

Familia: Orycteropodidae
Genera (1 + †4): †Amphiorycteropus – †Eteketoni – †Leptorycteropus – †Myorycteropus – Orycteropus

Name

Orycteropodidae Gray, 1821

• Type genus: Orycteropus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796.

Synonymy

• Orycteropidae Gray, 1821: 305 [original incorrect spelling]
• Orycteropodidae: Bonaparte, 1850: table [subsequent correct spelling]

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.  

Additional references

• Schlitter, D.A. 2005. Order Tubulidentata. Pp. 86 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. 
• Lehmann, T. 2009: Phylogeny and systematics of the Orycteropodidae (Mammalia, Tubulidentata). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 155(3): 649–702. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00460.x . Reference page. 

Vernacular names

suomi: Maasiat
magyar: Földimalacfélék
日本語: ツチブタ科

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