Belongs within: Atlantogenata.
The Macroscelididae, elephant shrews, are a group of small, cursorial insectivorous mammals known from Africa. Members of this group have long, mobile snouts that provide the inspiration for their vernacular name.
<==Macroscelididae [Dipogales, Macroscelidoidea] | i. s.: MiorhynchocyonOB13 |--Mylomygale Broom 1948 [Mylomygalinae]V67 | `--M. spiersi Broom 1948B78 |--HerodotiinaeR06 | |--HerodotiusR06 | |--NementchatheriumR06 | `--Chambius Hartenberger 1986R06, SM93 | `--C. kasserinensis Hartenberger 1986GH99 |--Myohyracinae [Myohyracidae]M78 | |--Protypotheroides Stromer 1922M78 | | `--P. beetzi Stromer 1922B78 | `--Myohyrax Andrews 1914M78 | |--*M. oswaldi Andrews 1914M78 [incl. M. doederleini Stromer 1926B78] | `--M. osborniD07 |--Rhynchocyon Peters 1847V67 [incl. Rhinonax Thomas 1918V67; RhynchocyoninaeB78, Rhynchocyonini] | | i. s.: R. clarki Butler & Hopwood 1957B78 | | R. rusingae Butler 1969B78 | | R. stuhlmanniJP84 | |--+--R. chrysopygus Guenther 1881FS15, AS86 | | `--R. udzungwensisFS15 | `--+--R. cirneiFS15 | `--R. petersi Bocage 1880FS15, AS86 `--Macroscelidinae [Macroscelidini]B78 | i. s.: Palaeothentoides Stromer 1932V67 | `--P. africanus Stromer 1932B78 | Metolbodotes Schlosser 1910 [=Metoldobotes]V67 | `--M. stromeri Schlosser 1910B78 |--+--Macroscelides Smith 1829FS15, V67 (see below for synonymy) | | `--M. proboscideusANG03 | | |--M. p. proboscideusB78 | | `--M. p. vagans Butler & Greenwood 1976B78 | `--+--‘Elephantulus’ rozetiFS15 | `--Petrodromus Peters 1846FS15, V67 [incl. Cercoctenus Hollister 1916V67, Mesoctenus Thomas 1918V67] | `--P. tetradactylusIT07 | |--P. t. tetradactylusAS86 | |--P. t. sangi Heller 1912 [=P. sultani sangi]AS86 | `--P. t. sultani Thomas 1897AS86 `--Elephantulus Thomas & Schwann 1906FS15, V67 [incl. Elephantomys Broom 1937B78, Nasilio Thomas & Schwann 1906V67] | i. s.: E. antiquus Broom 1948B78 | E. broomi [incl. Elephantomys langi Broom 1937]B78 | E. vandamiB78 |--+--E. revoiliFS15 | `--+--E. fuscipesFS15 [=Nasilio fuscipesB78] | `--E. fuscusFS15 [=Nasilio fuscusB78] | |--E. f. fuscusB78 | `--E. f. leakeyi (Butler & Greenwood 1965)B78 `--+--+--E. myurusFS15 | `--+--E. edwardiiFS15 | `--E. pilicaudusFS15 `--+--+--*E. rupestrisB78, FS15 | `--E. intufiFS15 [=Elephantomys intufiB78] `--+--E. brachyrhynchus (Smith 1836)FS15, AS86 (see below for synonymy) `--E. rufescens (Peters 1878)FS15, AS86 (see below for synonymy)
Elephantulus brachyrhynchus (Smith 1836)FS15, AS86 [=Macroscelides brachyrhynchusAS86, E. (Nasilio) brachyrhynchusAS86; incl. Nasilio brachyrhynchus albiventer Osgood 1910AS86, Macroscelides delamarei Thomas 1901AS86]
Elephantulus rufescens (Peters 1878)FS15, AS86 [=Macroscelides rufescensAS86; incl. M. boranos Thomas 1900AS86, Elephantulus delicatus Dollman 1911AS86, E. dundasi Dollman 1910AS86, E. rufescens mariakanae Heller 1912AS86, E. phaeus Heller 1910AS86, E. pulcher rendilis Lonnberg 1912AS86]
Macroscelides Smith 1829FS15, V67 [incl. Diposorex Blainville 1838V67, Eumerus Geoffroy Saint-Hailaire 1829V67, Macroscelis Fischer 1830V67, Rhinomys Lichtenstein 1831V67]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[GH99] Gheerbrant, E. & J.-L. Hartenberger. 1999. Nouveau mammifère insectivore (?Lipotyphla, ?Erinaceomorpha) de l’Eocène inférieur de Chambi (Tunisie). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 73 (1–2): 143–156.
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[SM93] Stucky, R. K., & M. C. McKenna. 1993. Mammalia. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 739–771. Chapman & Hall: London.
[V67] Van Valen, L. 1967. New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 (5): 217–284.