Order Macroscelidea Butler 1956 (elephant shrew)
Synonym: Dipogales Murray 1866
Parent taxon: Afroinsectivora according to E. R. Seiffert 2007
See also Carroll 1988, Madsen et al. 2001, McKenna 1975, Nowak 1991, Van Valen 1967, Waddell et al. 2001, Waddell et al. 1999, Wilson and Reeder 2005 and Zack et al. 2005
Sister taxon: Tenrecoidea
Subtaxa: Adapisoricidae Adunator Afrohypselodontidae Amphilemuridae Apheliscidae Litocherus Louisinidae Macroscelididae Myohyracidae Rhynchocyonidae
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore