NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Elephantulus
  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

      Subspecies - Elephantulus rufescens rufescens
      Subspecies - Elephantulus rufescens boranus
      Subspecies - Elephantulus rufescens dundasi
      Subspecies - Elephantulus rufescens peasei
      Subspecies - Elephantulus rufescens pulcher
      Subspecies - Elephantulus rufescens somalicus