Animal

Afrotheria

AMW:MICRO:010318

A placental mammal superorder that contains ELEPHANTS; MANATEES; DUGONGS; SIRENIANS; HYRAXES; AARDVARKS; elephant shrews (Macroscelidea); TENRECS; Golden moles (Chrysochloridae). Largely classified based on DNA sequence afrotherian mammals are diverse in morphology but share some common anatomical features (e.g., appearance of four‐lobed ALLANTOIS and long and mobile snout).

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Orycteropodidae has parent Afrotheria

Hyraxes has parent Afrotheria

Proboscidea Mammal has parent Afrotheria

Sirenia has parent Afrotheria

Tenrecidae has parent Afrotheria

Afrotheria has parent Eutheria

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