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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
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Macroscelidea
Order recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 0.9, Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Commons, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia DE, 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, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia BR, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia SK, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia IT, wikipedia ES, wikipedia EN, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, EOL authors, wikipedia gl Galician, GBIF classification, Global Biotic Interactions, wikipedia FR, Wikipedia (inferred records), Paleobiology Database, and Barcode of Life Data Systems
Macroscelidea
Recognized by iNaturalist, Eswatini Species List, NMNH Mammals, Egypt Species List, AnAge articles, Animal Diversity Web, Animal Diversity Web, 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, 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, South Atlantic Species List, Furui 2020, and Furui 2020
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), Arkive, EOL authors, Mozambique Species List, Global Biotic Interactions, AnAge, Paleobiology Database, Pantheria, Morgan Ernest 2003, 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 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 Furui 2020, Furui 2020, 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 Gingerich 1983
Louisinidae
Macroscelididae
Acoelodidae
Adrastotherium Ameghino 1887
Amphidontidae
Amphilestidae
Amphitheriidae
Apatemyidae
Arctocyonidae
Arrhinolemur Ameghino 1898
Arsinoitheriidae
Astrapotheriidae
Ausktribosphenidae
Barbereniidae
Bathyleptodon Lönnberg 1937
Bondesiidae
Borhyaenidae
Brandoniidae
Buselaphus Reichenbach 1845
Cimolodontidae
Coryphodontidae
Dicrocynodontidae
Dimylidae
Diprotodontia
Docodontidae
Dormaaliidae
Dryolestidae
Eoastrapostylopidae
Eoastrapostylops Soria & Powell 1981
Eodidelphys Ameghino 1891
Epoicotheriidae
Eurymylidae
Fractinus Higgins 2003
Geolabididae
Gobisorex Sulimski 1970
Gondwanatheriidae
Haramiyidae
Holoclemensiidae
Homalodotheriidae
Hyaenodontidae
Hyopsodontidae
Interatheriidae
Isotemnidae
Jeholodens Ji, Luo & Ji 1999
Jeholodentidae
Kermackiidae
Lamprodon Wagner 1848
Lotor Geoffroy & Cuvier 1795
Lutrictis Pomel 1847
Macraucheniidae
Mesotheriidae
Micropternodontidae
Mimolagidae
Mioclaenidae
Myonax Thomas 1928
Notohippidae
Notoryctemorphia
Notostylopidae
Oldfieldthomasiidae
Olygodon Ameghino 1883
Palaeoryctidae
Pantolestidae
Paroxyclaenidae
Paulchoffatiidae
Peramuridae
Periptychidae
Phenacodontidae
Phenacolophidae
Pilosa
Plagiaulacidae
Platacodon Marsh 1889
Plesiorycteropodidae
Pleurocyon Kraglievich 1917
Plicatodontidae
Potamotelses Fox 1972
Proscalopidae
Prosimia Brisson 1762
Proterotheriidae
Ptolemaiidae
Repenomamidae
Rodentia
Sahnitherium Rana & Wilson 2003
Sazlestes Nessov 1997
Simplodon Huang & Zheng 2003
Sinbadelphys Cifelli 2004
Sinobaatar Hu & Wang 2002
Sinoconodontidae
Spalacotheriidae
Sparnotheriodontidae
Stylinodontidae
Taeniolabidae
Tendagurodon Heinrich 1998
Tetrodon Ameghino 1882
Thylacosmilidae
Tinodontidae
Toxodontidae
Tricorynopus Sarjeant & Langston 1994
Trigonostylopidae
Tupaja Berthold 1827
Uintatheriidae
Woutersiidae
Zhelestidae
417 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

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
Artiodactyla Owen 1848
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
Sirenia Illiger 1811
Soricomorpha Gregory 1910
Tubulidentata Huxley 1872

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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