Afromammals
Afrotheria
Afrotheria (/æfroʊˈθɪəriə/ from Latin Afro- "of Africa" + theria "wild beast") is a clade of 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), tenrecs, aardvarks, hyraxes, elephants, sea cows, and several extinct clades. Most groups of afrotheres share little or no superficial resemblance, and their similarities have only become known in recent times because of genetics...
6 branches of this group, most-observed first · about 89 known species
Proboscideans
orderProboscidea
Sirenians
orderSirenia
Hyraxes
orderHyracoidea
Golden Moles and Tenrecs
orderAfrosoricida
Aardvarks
orderTubulidentata
Sengis
orderMacroscelidea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 848321.