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Macroscelididae (elephant shrew)
Taxonomy
Macroscelididae was named by Bonaparte (1838). It is extant. Its type is Macroscelidinae.
It was assigned to Tupaioidea by Schlosser (1877); to Insectivora by Cope (1889); to Insectivora by Flower (1883) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Menotyphla by Gregory (1910); to Macroscelidea by Butler (1956), Carroll (1988) and Nowak (1991); and to Afroinsectivora by Asher and Helgen (2010).
It was assigned to Tupaioidea by Schlosser (1877); to Insectivora by Cope (1889); to Insectivora by Flower (1883) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Menotyphla by Gregory (1910); to Macroscelidea by Butler (1956), Carroll (1988) and Nowak (1991); and to Afroinsectivora by Asher and Helgen (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1838 | Macroscelididae Bonaparte p. 113 |
| 1877 | Macroscelididae Schlosser p. 89 |
| 1883 | Macroscelididae Flower p. 186 |
| 1889 | Macroscelididae Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Macroscelididae Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
| 1910 | Macroscelididae Gregory p. 465 |
| 1956 | Macroscelididae Butler p. 479 |
| 1988 | Macroscelididae Carroll |
| 1991 | Macroscelididae Nowak |
| 2010 | Macroscelididae Asher and Helgen p. 3 figs. Figure 1 |
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