Elephant shrew (redirect from Macroscelidea)
native to Africa, belonging to the family Macroscelididae, in the order Macroscelidea. Their traditional common English name "elephant shrew" comes from a...
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T19708A21286959.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021. Schlitter, D.A. (2005). "Order Macroscelidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World:...
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Afrosoricida Erinaceomorpha Cingulata Peramelemorphia Scandentia Perissodactyla Macroscelidea Pilosa Monotremata Sirenia Proboscidea...
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(infraclass Eutheria):[citation needed] Clade Afroinsectiphilia Order Macroscelidea Family Macroscelididae: (20 species), sengis or elephant shrews (Africa)...
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Dasyuromorphia Afrosoricida Erinaceomorpha Cingulata Peramelemorphia Scandentia Perissodactyla Macroscelidea Pilosa Monotremata Proboscidea...
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Family Chrysochloridae: golden moles; about 21 species in 9 genera Order Macroscelidea: elephant shrews (according to some recent data part of Afroinsectiphilia)...
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in South Africa. There are 299 mammal species in South Africa, of which two are critically endangered, eleven...
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Sengis or Elephant-Shrews, Genus Macroscelides (Mammalia, Afrotheria, Macroscelidea)". PLOS ONE. 7 (3): e32410. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...732410D. doi:10.1371/journal...
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The following is a list of largest mammals by family. The largest of these insectivorous mammals is the giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox), native to...
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List of mammal genera (section Macroscelidea)
There are currently 1,258 genera, 161 families, 27 orders, and around 5,937 recognized living species of mammal. Mammalian taxonomy is in constant flux...
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this cohort are the orders Afrosoricida (tenrecs and golden moles), Macroscelidea (elephant shrews) and Tubulidentata (aardvarks). Of the five orders...
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Zanzibar. These are the mammal species in Zanzibar and Pemba islands of eastern coast of Tanzania Archipelago...
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central Algeria a few hundred km away. Schlitter, D.A. (2005). "Order Macroscelidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World:...
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Ngorora Formation (section Macroscelidea)
The Ngorora Formation is a geological formation in Kenya preserving fossils dating to the Miocene. The uppermost member of the formation shows sign of...
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ground-dwelling mammal, significantly larger than their relatives in the order Macroscelidea that live primarily in dense forests across eastern Africa. Habitats...
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elephant shrews, golden moles and tenrecs. clade Afroinsectivora order Macroscelidea family Macroscelididae order Afrosoricida family Chrysochloridae family...
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Morocco. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the...
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Ethiopia. There are 279 mammal species in Ethiopia, of which five are critically endangered, eight are...
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from it, including Afrosoricida (tenrecs, golden moles, otter shrews), Macroscelidea (elephant shrews), and Erinaceomorpha (hedgehogs and gymnures), with...
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(Elephantulus Intufi) in Namibia and the Evolution of Monogamy in the Macroscelidea” written by G. B. Rathburn and C.D. Rathburn, the behavioral ecology...
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Kenya. Of these species, four are critically endangered, nine are endangered, eighteen are vulnerable...
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Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Macroscelidea Family: Macroscelididae Genus: Rhynchocyon Species: R. chrysopygus Binomial...
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Order Afrosoricida (tenrecs, otter shrews, and golden moles) Order Macroscelidea (elephant shrews) Grandorder Paenungulata Order Hyracoidea (hyraxes)...
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Tunisia. Of the mammal species in Tunisia, three are critically endangered, three are endangered, nine...
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Macroscelides, Petrosaltator, Galegeeska and Elephantulus constitutes the order Macroscelidea. This species is only found in particular regions in Africa and is smaller...
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†Ptolemaiida: poorly understood carnivorous mammals Clade Afroinsectivora Order Macroscelidea: elephant shrews (northwest and sub-Saharan Africa) Order Afrosoricida:...
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van Vuunen, B. (2008). A New Species of Elephant-shrew (Afrotheria: Macroscelidea: Elephantulus) from South Africa. Journal of Mammalogy 89 (5): 1257–1268...
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List of mammals of Ceuta, Melilla and the Plazas de Soberanía (section Order: Macroscelidea (elephant shrews))
Ceuta, Melilla and the Plazas de Soberanía are territories under Spanish sovereignty in or off the coast of Northern Africa. Mammals recorded in these...
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