Afrotheria [Afrotheria]
topical
- Terms
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Afroplacentalia
bércouni
Chrysochloridae
Macroscelidea
zlatokrtovití
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Afrotheres
Afrotherian Mammals
Chrysochloridae
Elephant Shrews
Golden Moles
Macroscelidea
Persistent link
https://www.medvik.cz/link/D000091122
Definition
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).
- DUI
- D000091122 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M000747887
- Previous indexing
- Eutheria (1999-2021)
- History note
- 2022
- Public note
- 2022
Allowable subheadings
- AB
- abnormalities 0
- AH
- anatomy & histology 0
- BL
- blood 0
- CF
- cerebrospinal fluid 0
- CL
- classification 0
- EM
- embryology 0
- GE
- genetics 0
- GD
- growth & development 0
- IM
- immunology 0
- IN
- injuries 0
- ME
- metabolism 0
- MI
- microbiology 0
- PS
- parasitology 0
- PH
- physiology 0
- PX
- psychology 0
- SU
- surgery 0
- UR
- urine 0
- VI
- virology 0
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Occurrences in Medvik records
B
Organisms
B01.050
Animals
B01.050.150.900.649.313.250
Afrotheria
B01.050.150.900.649.313.250.125
Orycteropodidae
B01.050.150.900.649.313.250.500
Proboscidea Mammal
B01.050.150.900.649.313.250.875
Tenrecidae
B01.050.150.900.649.313.976
Pangolins
B01.050.150.900.649.313.996
Scandentia