Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Macroscelidea (Mirorder) Butler, 1956

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 106.

Original entries

Questionably †Herodotiinae (Subfamily) Simons, Holroyd & Bown, 1991
Questionably Macroscelidinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1838
Questionably †Metoldobotinae (Subfamily) Simons, Holroyd & Bown, 1991
Questionably †Mylomygalinae (Subfamily) Patterson, 1965
Questionably †Myohyracinae (Subfamily) Andrews, 1914
Questionably Rhynchocyoninae (Subfamily) Gill, 1872

Current position

Macroscelidea (Order) Butler, 1956

Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).

Alternative positions

Macroscelidea (Mirorder) Butler, 1956	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 106. [new position]
Macroscelidoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 617.
Menotyphla (Suborder) (Haeckel)	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1024.

Historical positions

Macroscelidea (Order) Butler, 1956	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Macroscelidea (Order) Butler, 1956	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 56.
Macroscelidea (Order) Butler, 1956	Ref: D.A. Schlitter, 2005: 82.
Macroscelidea (Mirorder) Butler, 1956	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 106. [new position]
Macroscelidea (Order) Butler, 1956	Ref: 1995
Macroscelidea (Order) Butler, 1956	Ref: D.A. Schlitter, 1993: 829; 8.
Macroscelidea (Order) Butler, 1956	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 211.
Macroscelidea (Order) Butler, 1956	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 630.
Menotyphla (Suborder) (Haeckel)	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1024-1025.
Macroscelidoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 617.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4g;16s;27ss; †11g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 21 Jul 2022	[4g;16s;27ss; †11g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 56	4g;15s
2005	D.A. Schlitter	[4g;15s;27ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[4g; †8g]
1993	D.A. Schlitter	4g;15s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[4g];~15s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	4g;15s