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Elephant Shrews

Macroscelidea

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Macroscelidea
Order recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Macroscelidea
Order recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 0.9, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Commons, wikipedia IT, wikipedia ES, wikipedia EN, EOL authors, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia DE, NCBI, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, Wikidata, Wikidata, Wikidata, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia PT, wikipedia TR, wikipedia ID, wikipedia EU, GBIF classification, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia BR, and wikipedia hr Croatian
Macroscelidea
Recognized by iNaturalist, Eswatini Species List, NMNH Mammals, AnAge, Egypt Species List, AnAge articles, Animal Diversity Web, Animal Diversity Web, EOL authors, Morgan Ernest 2003, Kissling et al, 2014, IUCN, Algeria Species List, Angola Species List, Canada Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Kenya Species List, Malawi Species List, Morocco Species List, Mozambique Species List, Namibia Species List, South Africa Species List, Tanzania Species List, Tunisia Species List, Uganda Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, United States Species List, North Atlantic Species List, and South Atlantic Species List
Macroscelidea Butler 1956
Order recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Alternative Names

Dipogales
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Macroscelidea
Harvest ancestor according to Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, Environments EOL, GBIF classification, Paleobiology Database, Global Biotic Interactions, Arkive, and Smith et al 2011
Macroscelidea
Obsolete variant according to Paleobiology Database and Paleobiology Database

Common Names

English

elephant-shrews preferred
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web
Elephant Shrews
prefer
Recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Elephant shrews
prefer
Recognized by assadi and admin
sengis
prefer
Recognized by rodolfocastr and admin
elephant shrew
prefer
Recognized by Paleobiology Database

Japanese

マクロスケリデス目 preferred
Recognized by piaf and admin

Occitan (post 1500)

Macroscelidats preferred
Recognized by chant30 and admin

Polish

Ryjkonosowe preferred
Recognized by driver-b and admin
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Curated hierarchies for Macroscelidea

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Afrotheria
Macroscelidea (this page)
Adapisoricidae
Amphilemuridae
Macroscelididae
Afrosoricida
Hyracoidea
Proboscidea
Sirenia
Tubulidentata
unclassified Afrotheria

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 0.9

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Afrotheria
Macroscelidea (this page)
Adapisoricidae
Amphilemuridae
Apheliscidae
Litocherus Gingerich 1983
Louisinidae
Macroscelididae
Afrosoricida
Hyracoidea
Proboscidea
Sirenia
Tubulidentata
unplaced extinct Afrotheria

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Macroscelidea (this page)
Apheliscidae
Litocherus
Louisinidae
Macroscelidea
Macroscelididae
Aegipan
Afrosoricida
Amphilestidae
Anthropomorphus
Arctocyonidae
Artiodactyla
Bidens
Borhyaenidae
Brandoniidae
Brochus
Brontotheridae
Calocephala
Cardiodus
Carnivora
Cattus
Ceratonia
Cetacea
Chiroptera
Choeropithecus
Cimolodontidae
Cingulata
Conoryctidae
Cyclopia
Dasyuromorphia
Delphax
Dermoptera
Dicrocynodontidae
Didelphimorphia
Dimylidae
Diprotodontia
Docodontidae
Dormaaliidae
Dryolestidae
Erinaceomorpha
Eurymylidae
Eurystomus
Geolabididae
Haramiyidae
Hyopsodontidae
Hyracoidea
Isodactylella
Lagomorpha
Lipura
Lithops
Lophocomus
Lotor
Lupulus
Macropodus
Macrotarsus
Macroura
Megera
Microbiotheria
Micropternodontidae
Mioclaenidae
Monotremata
Moschatus
Mulus
Notoryctemorphia
Nycterobius
Oligotomus
Ophiorrhiza
Oreocyon
Pamphractus
Parameles
Paucituberculata
Paulacoutoia
Paulchoffatiidae
Pehuenia
Peramelemorphia
Periptychidae
Perissodactyla
Phenacodontidae
Phenacolophidae
Pholidota
Pilosa
Plagiaulacidae
Platyceros
Platyodon
Polycladus
Primates
Prionodes
Proboscidea
Procervus
Proscalopidae
Ptiloturus
Puelia
Rhizoprion
Rodentia
Scandentia
Sirenia
Soricomorpha
Spermolegus
Stenopterus
Taeniolabidae
Tetrodon
Thylacosmilidae
Tichorhinus
Unicornu
Weyenberghia
Woutersiidae
1627 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Macroscelidea
Macroscelidea (this page)
Apheliscidae
Litocherus
Louisinidae
Macroscelididae

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Macroscelidea Butler 1956 (this page)
Macroscelididae Bonaparte 1838
Afrosoricida Stanhope 1998
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Cetacea Brisson 1762
Chiroptera Blumenbach 1779
Cingulata Illiger, 1811
Dermoptera Illiger 1811
Erinaceomorpha Gregory 1910
Hyracoidea Huxley 1869
Lagomorpha Brandt 1855
Perissodactyla Owen 1848
Pholidota Weber 1904
Pilosa Flower, 1883
Primates Linnaeus 1758
Proboscidea Illiger 1811
Rodentia Bowdich 1821
Scandentia Wagner 1855
Soricomorpha Gregory, 1910
Tubulidentata Huxley 1872
Artiodactyla Owen 1848
Sirenia Illiger 1811

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Macroscelidea (this page)
Macroscelididae
Afrosoricida
Carnivora
Cetartiodactyla
Chiroptera
Cingulata
Dasyuromorphia
Dermoptera
Didelphimorphia
Diprotodontia
Eulipotyphla
Hyracoidea
Lagomorpha
Microbiotheria
Monotremata
Notoryctemorphia
Paucituberculata
Peramelemorphia
Perissodactyla
Pholidota
Pilosa
Primates
Proboscidea
Rodentia
Scandentia
Sirenia
Tubulidentata

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Afrotheria
Macroscelidea (this page)
Macroscelididae
Chrysochloridae
Hyracoidea
Proboscidea
Sirenia
Tenrecidae
Tubulidentata
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