Taxonomy Profile: Elephantulus (Thomas and Schwann 1906)

Elephantulus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Long-eared Elephant Shrews []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Elephantulus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Macroscelidea
Elephant Shrews |
Genus : Elephantulus
Long-eared Elephant Shrews |
Elephantulus Direct Children(s):
Elephantulus edwardii
(A Smith 1839)
Elephantulus fuscipes
(Thomas 1894)
Elephantulus fuscus
(Peters 1852)
Elephantulus intufi
(A Smith 1836)
Elephantulus myurus
(Thomas and Schwann 1906)
Elephantulus rozeti
(Duvernoy 1833)
Elephantulus rufescens
(Peters 1878)
Elephantulus rupestris
(A Smith 1831)
Elephantulus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Duane A. Schlitter
Notes:
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Science, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843, [email protected]
Reference for:
Elephantulus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Elephantulus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Elephantulus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Elephantulus
Elephantulus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Elephantulus: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Includes Nasilio; see Corbet and Hanks (1968), and Elephantomys; see Meester et al. (1986). A key to the species was presented in Koontz and Roeper (1983) and another to southern African species in Meester et al. (1986)