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Afrosoricida

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Afrosoricida[1]
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Recent
Tailless tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus)
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Superorder: Afrotheria
Order: Afrosoricida
Stanhope, 1998
Suborders

 Chrysochloridea
 Tenrecomorpha

The order Afrosoricida (a Laitin-Greek compoond name which means "leukin lik African screws") conteens the gowden moles o soothren Africae an the tenrecs o Madagascar.

References

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  1. Bronner, G.N.; Jenkins, P.D. (2005). "Order Afrosoricida". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 71–81. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)