MORPHOLOGY

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CHANGING PLACENTAL CLASSIFICATION Eutherian
Orders and Superorders
MORPHOLOGY (phenetic) EUTHERIA Unguiculata
Order Insectivora (incl. Macroscelidea
Tenrecoidea Chrysochloridae)
Order Dermoptera Order Chiroptera
Order Primates (incl. Scandentia)
Order Xenarthra Order Pholidota Glires
Order Lagomorpha Order Rodentia Mutica
Order Cetacea Ferungulata Order
Carnivora Protungulata Order
Tubulidentata Paenungulata Order
Proboscidea Order Hyracoidea Order
Sirenia Mesaxonia Order Perissodactyla
Paraxonia Order Artiodactyla
MORPHOLOGY (cladistic) EUTHERIA Xenarthra
Order Cingulata Order Pilosa Epitheria
Order Macroscelidea Order Lagomorpha
Order Rodentia Ferae Order Pholidota
Order Carnivora Lipotyphla Order
Chrysochloridae Order Erinaceomorpha
Order Soricomorpha (incl. Tenrecoidea)
Archonta Order Chiroptera Order Primates
(incl. Dermoptera) Order Scandentia
Ungulata Order Tubulidentata Order
Cetacea Order Artiodactyla Order
Perissodactyla Order Hyracoidea Order
Sirenia Order Proboscidea
MORPHOLOGY GENES (cladistic) EUTHERIA
Afrotheria Order Tubulidentata Order
Macroscelidea Order Tenrecoidea Order
Chrosochloridae Order Proboscidea Order
Hyracoidea Order Sirenia Xenarthra
Order Cingulosa Order Pilosa
Euarchontoglires Order Primates Order
Scandentia Order Dermoptera Order
Lagomorpha Order Rodentia Laurasiatheria
Order Erinaceomorpha Order Soricomorpha
Order Chiroptera Order Carnivora Order
Pholidota Order Perissodactyla Order
Cetartiodactyla (Artiodactyla
plus Cetacea)
Simpson, G. G. 1945. Principals of
classification and a classification of mammals.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural
History, 851-350. McKenna, M. C. S. K. Bell.
1997. Classification of mammals above the
species level. Columbia University, New
York. Murphy, W. J., et al. 2001. Resolution
of the early placental mammal radiation.
Science, 2942348-2351.
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Molecular phylogeny of placentals
Four Superorders
Northern Continents
South America
Africa
From Springer et al. 2005. Molecular evidence
for major placental clades Chap. 4, The Rise of
Placental Mammals.
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Leptictis
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PRIMITIVE INSECTIVORA
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Recent insectivore families Order
Erinaceomorpha Erinaceidaae hedgehogs
gymnures Order Soricomorpha Solenodontidae --
solenodons Nesophontidae (recently
extinct) Soricidae shrews Talpidae moles
desmans Order Afrosoricida Tenrecidae --
tenrecs Chrysochloridae golden moles
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ORDER CINGULATA Dasypodidae - armadillos
Glyptodontidae - glyptodonts ORDER
PILOSA Myrmecophagidae - anteaters Bradypodidae
3-toed sloths Megalonychidae 2-toed
sloths extinct sloths
Mylodontidae extinct ground sloths ORDER
PHOLIDOTA Manidae -- pangolins ORDER
PALAEODONTA