Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Macroscelidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Macroscelididae
Subfamiliae: Macroscelidinae – Rhynchocyoninae
Genera overview (6 + 1†):
Elephantulus –
Galegeeska –
Macroscelides –
Petrodromus –
Petrosaltator –
Rhynchocyon –
†Miosengi
Name
- Macroscelididae Bonaparte, 1838: 111
References
Primary references
- Bonaparte, C.L. 1838. Synopsis Vertebratorum Systematis. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali. Bologna 2: 105–133.
Additional references
- Grossman, A. & Holroyd, P.A. 2009. Miosengi butleri, gen. et sp. nov., (Macroscelidea) from the Kalodirr member, Lothidok formation, Early Miocene of Kenya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29: 957–960. DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0318
- Dumbacher, J.P., Carlen, E.J. & Rathbun, G.B. 2016. Petrosaltator gen. nov., a new genus replacement for the North African sengi Elephantulus rozeti (Macroscelidea; Macroscelididae). Zootaxa 4136(3): 567–579. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.3.8. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Links
- Macroscelididae 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.
Vernacular names
dansk: Springspidsmus
Deutsch: Rüsselspringer
English: Elephant Shrews
日本語: ハネジネズミ科
Nederlands: Springspitsmuizen
norsk: Springspissmus
polski: Ryjoskoczki
português: Musaranho-elefante
svenska: Springnäbbmöss
ไทย: หนูผีช้าง, เซงกิ, เซงกิส
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