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Afrotheria

Afrotheria (/ˌæfroʊˈθɪəriə/; from Latin Afro- "of Africa" + theria "wild beast") is a superorder of placental mammals, the living members of which belong to groups that are either currently living in Africa or of African origin: golden moles, elephant shrews (also known as sengis), otter shrews, tenrecs, aardvarks, hyraxes, elephants, sea cows, and…

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DNAAfroinsectiphiliaCladePaleoceneOcepeia
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Classification

HyopsodontidaeStem groupTubulidentataPtolemaiidaAfroinsectivora
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LatinSuperorderPlacental mammalsAfricaGolden moles
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IUCNQuaternary extinction eventAustraliaAntarcticaPliocene
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Afrotheria

Nodes78
Edges77
Triples113
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025641
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related to References · 36
Afrotheria → Archived, Archives, Bibcode, BMC Evolutionary Biology, December, Early Placental Mammal Radiation, Eduardo Eizirik, Erik, Evolutionary History, Gennady Churakov, Guillon, Jan Ole, JM, Juergen Brosius, Juergen Schmitz, Kriegs, March, Mark, Martin Kiefmann, May
related to Classification · 26
Afrotheria → Abdounodus, Africa, AfroinsectiphiliaOrder Tubulidentata, AfroinsectivoraOrder Macroscelidea, AfrotheriaFamily, Astrapotheria, Based, Clade Paenungulatomorpha, Desmostylia, EmbrithopodaOrder Proboscidea, Eutheria, Hadrogeneios, Hyopsodontidae, Madagascar, Middle East, Ocepeia, OcepeiaClade PaenungulataOrder Hyracoidea, Order, Order Afrosoricida, Order Sirenia
related to Evolutionary relationships · 18
Afrotheria → Additionally, African, Afroinsectiphilia, Afrotherian, Both, DNA, Hence, However, M1, Ocepeia, On, P4, Paenungulata, Paleocene African, Since, Studies, The, The Paleocene
related to Current status and distribution · 17
Afrotheria → Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Eurasia, Group, However, Hyraxes, Indian, Madagascar, Many, Pliocene, Prior, Quaternary, Species, The, The IUCN Afrotheria Specialist, While
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Afrotheria → Evolution, Information, IUCN

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mammals groups elephant afrotheres golden africa also placental hyraxes tenrecs aardvarks clade afrotherian elephants african shrews group molecular moles many

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
insectivoresinstance ofLaurasian groups of mammals0.80text
rodentsinstance ofLaurasian groups of mammals0.80text
lagomorphsinstance ofLaurasian groups of mammals0.80text
carnivoransinstance ofLaurasian groups of mammals0.80text
ungulates could not reach Africa for much of the early to mid-Cenozoicinstance ofLaurasian groups of mammals0.80text
elephant shrewsinstance ofThe small insectivorous afrotheres0.80text
golden molesinstance ofThe small insectivorous afrotheres0.80text
and tenrecs filled the niches of insectivoresinstance ofThe small insectivorous afrotheres0.80text
the hyraxes filled the roles of rodentsinstance ofThe small insectivorous afrotheres0.80text
lagomorphsinstance ofThe small insectivorous afrotheres0.80text
the aardvarks filled the roles of various medium size ant-eating mammalsinstance ofThe small insectivorous afrotheres0.80text
cetaceansinstance ofevolving convergently with the other groups of marine mammals0.80text

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