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Elephantulus
Taxonomy
Elephantulus was named by Thomas and Schwann (1906). It is extant. It is the type genus of Elephantulini.
It was assigned to Macroscelidini by Van Valen (1967); to Macroscelididae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Wilson and Reeder (2005); to Elephantulini by Dumbacher et al. (2016); and to Elephantulinae by Senut and Pickford (2021).
It was assigned to Macroscelidini by Van Valen (1967); to Macroscelididae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Wilson and Reeder (2005); to Elephantulini by Dumbacher et al. (2016); and to Elephantulinae by Senut and Pickford (2021).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1906 | Elephantulus Thomas and Schwann |
| 1938 | Elephantomys Broom |
| 1967 | Elephantulus Van Valen |
| 1997 | Elephantulus McKenna and Bell |
| 2005 | Elephantulus Wilson and Reeder |
| 2016 | Elephantulus Dumbacher et al. |
| 2021 | Elephantulus Senut and Pickford |
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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.
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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (24 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | E. sp. (22224) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | E. sp. (59167) | |
| Zanclean | Kenya | E. sp. (22234) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa | E. sp. (22221 22222) | |
| Pliocene | South Africa | E. antiquus (22353) E. antiquus, E. brachyrhynchus (22339 22341) E. antiquus, E. broomi, E. fuscus (22357) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa | E. antiquus, E. langi (22340) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Langebaanweg) | E. sp. (21713) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | E. antiquus (22334) E. antiquus, E. brachyrhynchus (22333) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa | E. sp., E. langi, E. brachyrhynchus (21824) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Zambia | E. brachyrhynchus (68339) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | E. myurus (21915) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | E. myurus (21949) | |
| Calabrian | South Africa | E. sp. (21961) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania | E. fuscus (22617) E. sp. (22628) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Zambia | E. brachyrhynchus (68342) | |
| Holocene | Kenya | E. brachyrhynchus (21959) | |
| Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | E. brachyrhynchus (21693) | |
| Holocene | Zambia | E. brachyrhynchus (21894) |