Afrosoricida
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Translingual
Etymology
Afrosorex (“obsolete genus”) + -ida
Proper noun
Afrosoricida
- A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – the tenrecs, golden moles, and otter shrews.
Usage notes
- Confusingly, the obsolete genus Afrosorex, now Crocidura, is placed in order Soricomorpha.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Atlantogenata – magnorder; Afrotheria – superoder; Afroinsectivora – mirorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Chrysochloridae, Potamogalidae, Tenrecidae – families
References
Afrosoricida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Afrosoricida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Afrosoricida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
