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
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Magnordo: Epitheria
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.
Macroscelides is a genus of small shrew-like animals, the round-eared sengis (also called elephant shrews), found in western Namibia and in South Africa; they are members of the clade Afrotheria.
There are three known species:[2]
Namib round-eared sengi, Macroscelides flavicaudatus
Etendaka round-eared sengi, Macroscelides micus, which is only found in gravel plains in the Etendaka formation of north-west Namibia[3]
Karoo round-eared sengi, or short-eared elephant shrew, Macroscelides proboscideus
References
Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
"Gallery of sengis". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
Dumbacher, J. P.; Rathbun, G. B.; Osborne, T. O.; Griffin, M.; Eiseb, S. J. (June 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.
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