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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 ...
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.
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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Abstract. Molecular investigations have gathered a diverse set of mammals-predominantly African natives like elephants, hyraxes, and aardvarks-into a clade known as Afrotheria. Nevertheless, the precise phylogenetic relationships among these species remain contentious.
Jun 19, 2021 · Afrotheria is one of the three main groups of placental mammals, with the other two being Xenartha and Boreoeutheria. It split off from Xenarthra during the mid Cretaceous period (no longer...
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Jan 2, 2001 · Afrotheria is a superorder that contains six orders: the elephants (Order Proboscidea), sea cows (Sirenia), hyraxes (Hyracoidea), aardvark (Tubulidentata), elephant shrews (Macroscelidea), and golden moles and tenrecs (Afrosoricida) (Fig. 1).
