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Order Macroscelidea (organism)

Known as: Macroscelidea 
 
National Institutes of Health

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Family Macroscelididae (organism)

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Order Macroscelidea (organism)
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2007
2007
Molecular phylogeny and divergence times of Malagasy tenrecs: Influence of data partitioning and taxon sampling on dating analyses
Malagasy tenrecs belong to the Afrotherian clade of placental mammals and comprise three subfamilies divided in eight genera… (More)
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2007
2007
A new estimate of afrotherian phylogeny based on simultaneous analysis of genomic, morphological, and fossil evidence
The placental mammalian clade Afrotheria is now supported by diverse forms of genomic data, but interordinal relationships within… (More)
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2005
2005
Affinities of 'hyopsodontids' to elephant shrews and a Holarctic origin of Afrotheria.
Macroscelideans (elephant shrews or sengis) are small-bodied (25-540 g), cursorial (running) and saltatorial (jumping… (More)
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2003
2003
The Sahara as a vicariant agent, and the role of Miocene climatic events, in the diversification of the mammalian order Macroscelidea (elephant shrews).
Although the Sahara is a major geographical feature of the African continent, its role in the diversification of animal species… (More)
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2002
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2002
Mammalian mitogenomic relationships and the root of the eutherian tree.
The strict orthology of mitochondrial (mt) coding sequences has promoted their use in phylogenetic analyses at different levels… (More)
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2002
2002
Molecular phylogenetic evidence confirming the Eulipotyphla concept and in support of hedgehogs as the sister group to shrews.
For more than a century, living insectivore-like mammals have been viewed as little removed from the ancestral mammalian stock… (More)
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2001
2001
Daily torpor in elephant shrews (Macroscelidea: Elephantulus spp.) in response to food deprivation
Patterns of daily torpor were measured in response to photoperiod and food restriction at a constant temperature (18 °C) in two… (More)
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1999
1999
Additional support for Afrotheria and Paenungulata, the performance of mitochondrial versus nuclear genes, and the impact of data partitions with heterogeneous base composition.
We concatenated sequences for four mitochondrial genes (12S rRNA, tRNA valine, 16S rRNA, cytochrome b) and four nuclear genes… (More)
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1998
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1998
Higher taxonomic relationships among extant mammals based on morphology, with selected comparisons of results from molecular data.
Until a few decades ago, phylogenetic relationships among placental orders were ambiguous and usually depicted to radiate as an… (More)
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1991
1991
Early tertiary elephant-shrews from Egypt and the origin of the Macroscelidea.
Recent expeditions to the Fayum Depression, Egypt, have made possible the discovery of mandibles and a maxilla of a new genus and… (More)
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