Tribe Macroscelidini Bonaparte 1838 (elephant shrew)
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
Parent taxon: Macroscelidinae according to J. P. Dumbacher et al. 2016
See also Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Elephantulini, Miosengi, Pronasilio, Rhynchocyonini
Subtaxa: Macroscelides Metoldobotes Petrodromus Petrosaltator
Type: Macroscelides
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (2 collections)
• Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Oligocene of Egypt (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence