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Macroscelididae (elephant shrew)
Taxonomy
Macroscelididae was named by Bonaparte (1838). It is extant.
It was assigned to Tupaioidea by Schlosser (1877); to Insectivora by Cope (1889); to Insectivora by Flower (1883) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Menotyphla by Gregory (1910); to Menotyphla by Jaekel (1911); to Macroscelidea by Butler (1956), Butler (1984), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1991), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Grossman and Holroyd (2009); and to Afroinsectivora by Asher and Helgen (2010).
It was assigned to Tupaioidea by Schlosser (1877); to Insectivora by Cope (1889); to Insectivora by Flower (1883) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Menotyphla by Gregory (1910); to Menotyphla by Jaekel (1911); to Macroscelidea by Butler (1956), Butler (1984), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1991), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Grossman and Holroyd (2009); and to Afroinsectivora by Asher and Helgen (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1838 | Macroscelididae Bonaparte p. 113 |
1877 | Macroscelididae Schlosser p. 89 |
1883 | Macroscelididae Flower p. 186 |
1889 | Macroscelididae Cope p. 876 |
1891 | Macroscelididae Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
1910 | Macroscelididae Gregory p. 465 |
1911 | Macroscelidae Jaekel p. 210 |
1956 | Macroscelididae Butler p. 479 |
1984 | Macroscelididae Butler |
1988 | Macroscelididae Carroll |
1991 | Macroscelididae Nowak |
2005 | Macroscelididae Wilson and Reeder |
2009 | Macroscelididae Grossman and Holroyd |
2010 | Macroscelididae Asher and Helgen p. 3 figs. Figure 1 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Macroscelididae Bonaparte 1838 [elephant shrew]
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Subfm. †Herodotiinae Simons et al. 1991
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G. †Nementchatherium Tabuce et al. 2001
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†Nementchatherium rathbuni Tabuce et al. 2012
†Nementchatherium senarhense Tabuce et al. 2001
Subfm. Macroscelidinae Bonaparte 1838
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Tr. Elephantulini Dumbacher et al. 2016
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G. Elephantulus Thomas and Schwann 1906
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Elephantulus brachyrhynchus Smith 1834 [Short-snouted elephant shrew]
Elephantulus edwardii Smith 1839 [Cape elephant shrew]
Elephantulus fuscipes Thomas 1894 [Dusky-footed elephant shrew]
Elephantulus fuscus Peters 1852 [Dusky elephant shrew]
Elephantulus intufi Smith 1834 [Bushveld elephant shrew]
Elephantulus myurus Thomas and Schwann 1906 [Eastern rock elephant shrew]
Elephantulus pulcher Thomas 1894
Elephantulus pulcher rendilis Lönnberg 1912
Elephantulus revoili Huet 1881 [Somali elephant shrew]
Elephantulus rufescens Peters 1878 [Rufous elephant shrew]
Elephantulus rupestris Smith 1831 [Western rock elephant shrew]
Invalid names: Elephantomys Broom 1938 [synonym]
G. Nasilio Thomas and Schwann 1906
G. †Palaeothentoides Stromer 1932
Tr. Macroscelidini Bonaparte 1838
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G. Macroscelides Smith
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Macroscelides proboscideus Shaw 1800 [Short-eared elephant shrew]
Invalid names: Diposorex Blainville 1838 [synonym], Eumerus Saint-Hilaire 1829 [synonym], Macroscelis Fischer 1830 [synonym], Rhinomys Lichtenstein 1831 [synonym]
G. †Metoldobotes Schlosser 1910
G. Petrodromus Peters 1846
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Petrodromus tetradactylus Peters 1846 [four-toed elephant shrew]
Invalid names: Cercoctenus Hollister 1916 [synonym], Mesoctenus Thomas 1918 [synonym]
G. Petrosaltator Dumbacher et al. 2016
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Petrosaltator rozeti Duvernoy 1833 [North african elephant shrew]
Invalid names: Rhynchocyonini Gill 1872 [empty]
Subfm. †Namasenginae Senut and Pickford 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available