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