Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia

Included, by definition, in node-based clade

Afroinsectivora (Clade) Waddell, Kishino & Ota 2001

Ref: P.J. Waddell et al., 2001: 148 ("elephant shrews"), fig. 3.

Subsequent positions

Haemochorialia (Clade) Springer, Murphy, Eizirik, Madsen, Scally, Douady, Teeling, Stanhope, de Jong & O'Brien 2007

Ref: M.S. Springer et al., 2007: 20.

Current position

Afroinsectivora (Mirorder) Waddell, Kishino & Ota, 2001

Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 443.

Alternative positions

Afrotheria (Clade) Stanhope, Waddell, Madsen, de Jong, Hedges, Cleven, Kao & Springer 1998	Ref: H. Nishihara et al., 2006: fig. 2.
Afrotheria (Superorder) Stanhope, Waddell, Madsen, de Jong, Hedges, Cleven, Kao & Springer, 1998	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Eutheria (Infraclass) Gill, 1872	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 630.
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: D.A. Schlitter, 1993: 829.
Placentalia (Infraclass) Owen, 1837	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 56.
Theria (Subclass) Parker & Haswell, 1897	Ref: D.A. Schlitter, 2005: 82. [implicit]
unnamed (Mirorder)	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 400.

Historical positions

Afrotheria (Superorder) Stanhope, Waddell, Madsen, de Jong, Hedges, Cleven, Kao & Springer, 1998	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Afroinsectivora (Mirorder) Waddell, Kishino & Ota, 2001	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 443.
Placentalia (Infraclass) Owen, 1837	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 56.
Afrotheria (Clade) Stanhope, Waddell, Madsen, de Jong, Hedges, Cleven, Kao & Springer 1998	Ref: H. Nishihara et al., 2006: 9929, fig. 2.
Theria (Subclass) Parker & Haswell, 1897	Ref: D.A. Schlitter, 2005: 82. [implicit]
unnamed (Mirorder)	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 400, box 10.6.
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: 1995
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: D.A. Schlitter, 1993: 829; 8.
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 211.
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991
Eutheria (Infraclass) Gill, 1872	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 630.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1f;4g;16s;27ss; †11g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 21 Jul 2022	[1f;4g;16s;27ss; †11g]
2020	C.J. Burgin et al.: table 2 (p. 26)	[1f]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 56	1f
2005	D.A. Schlitter	[1f;4g;15s;27ss]
2005	D.A. Schlitter	[1f;4g;15s;27ss]
1993	D.A. Schlitter	[1f];4g;15s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	1f;[4g;15s]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 630	[1f]