Macroscelides

Macroscelides proboscideus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macroscelidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Afroinsectiphilia Cladus: Afroinsectivora Ordo: Macroscelidea

Familia: Macroscelididae
Subfamilia: Macroscelidinae
Tribus: Macroscelidini
Genus: Macroscelides
Species: M. flavicaudatus – M. micus – M. proboscideus

Name

• Macroscelides A. Smith, 1829: 435

Type species: Macroscelides typus A. Smith, 1829, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Eumerus I. Geoffroy, 1829
• Macroscelis Fisher, 1830
• Rhinomys Lichtenstein, 1831

References

Primary references

• Smith, A. 1829. Contributions to the natural history of South Africa. Zoological Journal of London 4: 433–444.

Additional references

• Dumbacher, J.P., Rathbun, G.B., Smit, H.A. & Eiseb, S.J. 2012. Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Round-Eared Sengis or Elephant-Shrews, Genus Macroscelides (Mammalia, Afrotheria, Macroscelidea). PLoS ONE 7(3): e32410. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032410 Reference page. 
• Dumbacher, J.P., Rathbun, G.B., Osborne, T.O., Griffin, M. & Eiseb, S.J. 2014. A new species of round-eared sengi (genus Macroscelides) from Namibia. Journal of Mammalogy 95(3): 443–454. DOI: 10.1644/13-MAMM-A-159 Reference page. 

Links

• Macroscelides in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.