Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
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: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Cladus: Boreosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Afrotheria
Cladus: Afroinsectiphilia
Cladus: Afroinsectivora
Ordo: Macroscelidea
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
Elephantulus Thomas & Schwann, 1906: 577
Type species: Macroscelides rupestris Smith, 1831, by original designation.
Synonymy
Nasilio Thomas & Schwann, 1906: 578
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(3): 750–768. hdl: 10520/AJA00382353_8174 Open access Reference page.
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.
Elephantulus is a genus of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It contains the following species:
Short-snouted elephant shrew (E. brachyrhynchus)
Cape elephant shrew (E. edwardii)
Dusky-footed elephant shrew (E. fuscipes)
Dusky elephant shrew (E. fuscus)
Bushveld elephant shrew (E. intufi)
Eastern rock elephant shrew (E. myurus)
Karoo rock elephant shrew (E. pilicaudus)
Western rock elephant shrew (E. rupestris)
References
Schlitter, D.A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 82–83. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Smit, H.A., Robinson, T.J., Watson, J. & Jansen van Vuunen, B. (2008). A New Species of Elephant-shrew (Afrotheria: Macroscelidea: Elephantulus) from South Africa. Journal of Mammalogy 89 (5): 1257–1268.
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