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Tenrecomorpha

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Tenrecomorpha From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Tenrecomorpha Lowland streaked tenrec ( Hemicentetes semispinosus ) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Afrosoricida Suborder: Tenrecomorpha Butler, 1972 [1] Families Potamogalidae Tenrecidae Incertae familiae : † Plesiorycteropus † Nanogale Tenrecomorpha is the suborder of otter shrews and tenrecs , a group of afrotherian mammals indigenous to equatorial Africa and Madagascar , respectively. [2] ...

Afrosoricida

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Afrosoricida From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Afrosoricida [1] Temporal range: Early Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Tailless tenrec ( Tenrec ecaudatus ) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Superorder: Afrotheria Order: Afrosoricida Stanhope et al., 1998 Suborders   Chrysochloridea   Tenrecomorpha The order Afrosoricida (a Latin-Greek compound name which means "looking like African shrews") contains the golden mole...