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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 25, 2008 · 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. According to these molecular inferences, the origin of ...
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Mar 14, 2022 · A time-calibrated phylogeny for the major groups of placental mammals (Afrotheria, Xenarthra, Euarchontoglires, Laurasiatheria) and the major clades of Afrotheria. The six extant orders of Afrotheria are Sirenia, Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Afrosoricida, Macroscelidea, and Tubulidentata.
Afrotheria (literally, "African mammal") includes seven groups of mammals with little superficial resemblance to one another: elephants, sea cows (dugongs and manatees), hyraxes, aardvark, sengis, golden moles, and tenrecs.
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 ( 1 ). Although this hypothesis has been predicted by molecular clock studies ( 2 ), evidence for ...
Jul 4, 2022 · Phylogenomics reveals the origin of mammal lice out of Afrotheria. Kevin P. Johnson, Conrad Matthee & Jorge Doña. Nature Ecology & Evolution 6 , 1205–1210 ( 2022) Cite this article....
