Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Macroscelidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Macroscelididae
Subfamilia: Macroscelidinae
Tribus: Elephantulini
Genus: Elephantulus
Species (10 + †2): †E. antiquus – E. brachyrhynchus – †E. broomi – E. edwardii – E. fuscipes – E. fuscus – E. intufi – E. myurus – E. pilicaudus – E. revoili – E. rufescens – E. rupestris
Name
Type species: Macroscelides rupestris Smith, 1831, by original designation.
Synonyms
Type species: Macroscelides brachyrhynchus A. Smith, 1836, by original designation.
- Elephantomys Broom, 1937: 758 [synonymised by Broom, 1938: 251]
Type species: †Elephantomys langi Broom, 1937, by original designation.
References
Primary references
- Thomas, O. & Schwann, H. 1906. The Rudd exploration of South Africa – V. List of mammals obteined by mr. Grant in North East Transvaal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906: 575–591.
- Broom, R. 1937. On some new Pleistocene Mammals from limestone caves of the Transvaal. South African Journal of Science 33: 749–468.
- Broom, R. 1938. Notes on the premolars of the elephant shrews. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19(2): 251–252.
Links
- Elephantulus 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.