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Monotypic taxon: Order Macroscelidea Butler, 1956 - elephant shrews (mammal)

Entity:

Authorship

Original name

:

Butler, 1956:479.

Variants

Subsequent rank	:	*Macroscelidea* (Mirorder) Butler, 1956		Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 106 (note 1). [new]
Different rank	:	*Macroscelidoidea* (Superfamily)
Former rank	:	*Macroscelidea* (Mirorder) Butler, 1956		Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 443. [inferred]
Incorrect spelling	:	*Macroscelidae* (Order) Carroll, 1988, nom. null.		Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 630). [inferred]

Synonyms

Accepted name	:	*Menotyphla* (Suborder) (Haeckel)		Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1025.
Synonymous name	:	*Dipogales* (Suborder) Murray, 1866		Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Menotyphla* (Suborder) (Haeckel)

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name

:

springspitsmuisachtigen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name

:

elephant shrews

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