Week 7 Classification Flashcards
Insectivora
mammals that include hedgehogs, moonrats, shrews, and moles.
Afrosoricida
Order including:
- Tenrecs
- Golden moles
Erinaceomorpha
Order including:
*Hedgehogs
Soricomorpha
Order including the:
- Shrews
- Moles
- Solenodons
Tenrecidae (family in order Afrosoricida)
Tenrecs
Chrysochloridae (family in order Afrosoricida)
Golden moles
Erinaceidae (family in order Erinaceomorpha)
Hedgehogs
Soricidae (family in order soricomorpha)
Shrews
Talpidae (family in order soricomorpha)
Moles, desmans, and shrew moles
Solenodontidae (family in order soricomorpha)
Solenodons
Sub order Afrotheria contains the?
Afrosoricida (tenrecs and golden moles)
Talpinae
Moles
Uropsilinae
Shrew-moles
Macrosocelida order
Elephant shrew
Sub-family Rhynchocyoninae (from order macroscelidae)
Giant elephant shrew