Macroscelidea
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Translingual
Etymology
Macroscelides + -ea
Proper noun
Macroscelidea
- A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – elephant shrews.
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): Macroscelididae – the only family
References
Macroscelidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Macroscelidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Macroscelidea 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
