NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Macroscelididae
  Order - Macroscelidea
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Elephantulus brachyrhynchus
      Species - Elephantulus edwardii
      Species - Elephantulus fuscipes
      Species - Elephantulus fuscus
      Species - Elephantulus intufi
      Species - Elephantulus myurus
      Species - Elephantulus revoili
      Species - Elephantulus rozeti
      Species - Elephantulus rufescens
      Species - Elephantulus rupestris