†family Adapisoricidae Schlosser 1887 (elephant shrew)
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Adapisoricidae
Parent taxon: Macroscelidea according to J. J. Hooker and D. E. Russell 2012
See also Cope 1889, Hay 1930, Lopatin 2006, Novacek et al. 1985 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Adunator, Afrohypselodontidae, Amphilemuridae, Apheliscidae, Litocherus, Louisinidae, Macroscelididae, Myohyracidae, Rhynchocyonidae
Subtaxa: Adapisorex
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
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