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Tenrecomorpha is the
suborder of
otter shrews and tenrecs, a
group of
afrotherian mammals indigenous to
equatorial Africa and Madagascar, respectively...
- as
Tenrecomorpha,
while others call it
Afrosoricida and
reserve Tenrecomorpha for the
family Tenrecidae.
ORDER AFROSORICIDA Suborder Tenrecomorpha Family...
- to the same
branch on the
phylogenetic tree as the tenrecs,
called Tenrecomorpha, which, in turn, stem from a main
branch of
placental mammals called...
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traditionally used, are polyphyletic. Some
biologists use
Tenrecoidea or
Tenrecomorpha as the name for the tenrec-golden mole
clade and
regard Afrosoricida...
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There are
currently 1,258 genera, 161 families, 27 orders, and
around 5,937
recognized living species of mammal.
Mammalian taxonomy is in
constant flux...
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Chrysochloridea containing the
family Chrysochloridae, or
golden moles, and
Tenrecomorpha containing the
families Potamogalidae, or
otter shrews, and Tenrecidae...
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Animalia Phylum:
Chordata class:
Mammalia Order:
Afrosoricida Suborder:
Tenrecomorpha Family:
Potamogalidae Allmann, 1865 Type
genus Potamogale Du Chaillu...
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Animalia Phylum:
Chordata class:
Mammalia Order:
Afrosoricida Suborder:
Tenrecomorpha Family:
Tenrecidae Gray, 1821 Type
genus Tenrec Lacépède, 1799 Subfamilies...
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Animalia Phylum:
Chordata class:
Mammalia Order:
Afrosoricida Suborder:
Tenrecomorpha Family:
Tenrecidae Subfamily:
Tenrecinae Genus:
Tenrec Lacépède, 1799...
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Superorder Afrotheria Clade Afroinsectiphilia Order Afrosoricida Suborder Tenrecomorpha Family Potamogalidae:
otter shrews; 3
species in 2
genera Family Tenrecidae:...
