Afroinsectivora | |
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Taxidermied animals at theCambridge University Museum of Zoology, England. On the leftfour-toed elephant shrew (Petrodromus tetradactylus), in the middleCape golden mole (Chrysochloris asiatica) and on the rightgreater hedgehog tenrec (Setifer setosus). | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Grandorder: | Afroinsectiphilia |
Mirorder: | Afroinsectivora Waddell, Kishino & Ota 2001 |
Orders | |
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Afroinsectivora is aclade ofmammals that includes themacroscelideans andafrosoricidans.[1] This clade includes theelephant shrews,golden moles,tenrecs, andotter shrews.
A cladogram ofAfrotheria based on molecular evidence[2] |