Afrosoricida
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Afrosorex (“obsolete genus”) + -ida
Proper noun
[edit]Afrosoricida
- A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – the tenrecs, golden moles etc.
Usage notes
[edit]- Confusingly, the obsolete genus Afrosorex, now Crocidura, is placed in order Soricomorpha.
Hyponyms
[edit]- (order): Chrysochloridae, Tenrecidae - families
References
[edit]- 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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248