Afroinsectivora

Afroinsectivora is a clade of mammals that includes the macroscelideans and afrosoricidans.[1] This clade includes the elephant shrews, golden moles and tenrecs.

Afroinsectivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Afroinsectiphilia
Clade:	Afroinsectivora Waddell 2001 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFWaddell2001 (help)
Orders
Macroscelidea Afrosoricida

Phylogeny

Afrotheria Afroinsectiphilia Tubulidentata Orycteropodidae   Afroinsectivora Macroscelidea Macroscelididae   Afrosoricida   Chrysochloridae   Tenrecomorpha   Potamogalidae     Tenrecidae           Paenungulata Hyracoidea Procaviidae   Tethytheria Proboscidea Elephantidae   Sirenia   Dugongidae     Trichechidae

A cladogram of Afrotheria based on molecular evidence[2]

Classification

• Suborder Afroinsectivora
  • Infraorder Macroscelidea
    • Macroscelididae
      • Elephant shrew
  • Infraorder Afrosoricida
    • Chrysochloridae
      • Golden mole
    • Tenrecidae
      • Tenrec

Notes

1. Afroinsectivora in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved September 2017.
2. Tabuce, R.; Asher, R. J.; Lehmann, T. (2008). "Afrotherian mammals: a review of current data" (PDF). Mammalia. 72: 2–14. doi:10.1515/MAMM.2008.004. S2CID 46133294.

References

• Waddell, P.J., H. Kishino, and R. Ota. 2001. A phylogenetic foundation for comparative mammalian genomics. Genome Informatics Series 12: 141–154.