Afrosoricida
TranslingualEdit
EtymologyEdit
Afrosorex (“obsolete genus”) + -ida
Proper nounEdit
Afrosoricida
- A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – the tenrecs, golden moles etc.
Usage notesEdit
- Confusingly, the obsolete genus Afrosorex, now Crocidura, is placed in order Soricomorpha.
HyponymsEdit
- (order): Chrysochloridae, Tenrecidae - families
ReferencesEdit
Afrosoricida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Afrosoricida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Afrosoricida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521
