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Afrotheria (/ æ f r oʊ ˈ θ ɪər i ə / from Latin Afro-"of Africa" + theria "wild beast") is a superorder of mammals, the living members of which belong to groups that are either currently living in Africa or of African origin: golden moles, elephant shrews (also known as sengis), otter shrews, tenrecs, aardvarks, hyraxes, elephants, sea ...
The Afrotheria represents one of the major mammalian evolutionary radiations. By one count, the seven groups that make up the Afrotheria represent nearly a third of all the living orders of mammals. However, they only contribute about 80 of the 1260 or so species of mammals found in Africa and Madagascar.
Mar 14, 2022 · Today, Afrotheria is regarded as one of the most robust clades of placental mammals and has been recovered in multiple phylogenomic studies. Even with overwhelming genetic and genomic support, Afrotheria has remained elusive in cladistic studies based on morphological characters that are associated with locomotion and diet.
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Jan 2, 2001 · Afrotheria is one of the most remarkable hypotheses in mammal evolution. It suggests that one-third of the orders of placental mammals form an ancient group that evolved on Africa when that continent was isolated from others through plate tectonics .
Afrotheria is a basal clade of mammals that includes elephants, manatees, and their relatives. Learn about their diversity, immune systems, and evolution from various chapters and books on ScienceDirect.
Learn about the seven groups of mammals that belong to the Afrotheria clade, which originated in Africa and diverged from most other placental mammals. The specialist group provides expertise on their conservation, taxonomy, and evolution.
Mar 25, 2008 · Abstract. The supraordinal mammalian clade Afrotheria was first recognized in its entirety based on DNA analysis dating to the mid-1990s. Since then, this “African clade”, which includes proboscideans, sirenians, hyracoids, tubulidentates, elephant-shrews, tenrecs and chrysochlorids, has been supported by numerous molecular and genomic studies.
