†family Louisinidae Hooker and Russell 2012 (elephant shrew)
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Louisinidae
Full reference: J. J. Hooker and D. E. Russell. 2012. Early Palaeogene Louisinidae (Macroscelidea, Mammalia), their relationships and north European diversity. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164:856-936
Parent taxon: Macroscelidea according to J. J. Hooker and D. E. Russell 2012
Sister taxa: Adapisoricidae, Adunator, Afrohypselodontidae, Amphilemuridae, Apheliscidae, Litocherus, Macroscelididae, Myohyracidae, Rhynchocyonidae
Subtaxa: Berrulestes Cingulodon Dipavali Gigarton Louisina Monshyus Prolouisina Thryptodon Walbeckodon
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
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