Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
Synonym: Elephantomys Broom 1938
Parent taxon: Elephantulini according to J. P. Dumbacher et al. 2016
See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Senut and Pickford 2021, Van Valen 1967 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Hiwegicyon, Nasilio, Palaeothentoides
Subtaxa: Elephantulus brachyrhynchus Elephantulus edwardii Elephantulus fuscipes Elephantulus fuscus Elephantulus intufi Elephantulus myurus Elephantulus pulcher Elephantulus revoili Elephantulus rufescens Elephantulus rupestris
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Kenya (1 collection), South Africa (5), Tanzania (2), Zambia (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (2)
• Pliocene of Kenya (1), South Africa (8)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (2)
Total: 24 collections including 32 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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