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

Original name Butler, 1956:479.

Variants

Subsequent rankMacroscelidea (Mirorder) Butler, 1956 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 106 (note 1). [new]
Different rankMacroscelidoidea (Superfamily)
Former rankMacroscelidea (Mirorder) Butler, 1956 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 443. [inferred]
Incorrect spellingMacroscelidae (Order) Carroll, 1988, nom. null. Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 630. [inferred]

Synonyms

Accepted nameMenotyphla (Suborder) (Haeckel) Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1025.
Synonymous nameDipogales (Suborder) Murray, 1866 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameMenotyphla (Suborder) (Haeckel)

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namespringspitsmuisachtigen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameelephant shrews
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