Pseudoungulata
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| Pseudoungulata Temporal range: Eocene? - Recent |
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| Aardvark | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Subclass: | Eutheria |
| Superorder: | Afrotheria |
| (unranked): | Pseudungulata |
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Pseudoungulata, or "false hoofed mammals", is a possible clade made up of two subgroups, aardvarks and paenungulates (hyraxes, elephants, and sirenians).[1] Before this group was proposed, it was thought that aardvarks were more closely related to xenarthrans. However, all of these mammals are now considered to be part of Afrotheria, which also includes elephant shrews and afrosoricidans. Other positions of aardvarks within Afrotheria are possible, such as being closest relatives of elephant shrews and/or afrosoricidans.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Seiffert, E.R.; Guillon, JM (2007). "Female philopatry in a heterogeneous environment: ordinary conditions leading to extraordinary ESS sex ratios". BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 13. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-13. PMC 1804258. PMID 17284311. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-7-224.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
