living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
                 Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                   Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821
                     Suborder Menotyphla (Haeckel) see Order Macroscelidea Butler, 1956
                       Family Macroscelididae Bonaparte, 1838 - elephant-shrews
                         1 Genus Rhynchocyon Peters, 1847 - forest elephant-shrews
                         2 Genus Petrodromus Peters, 1846 - forest elephant shrew
                         3 Genus Macroscelides Smith, 1829 - short-eared elephant shrew
                         4 Genus Elephantulus Thomas & Schwann, 1906 - long-eared elephant shrews