†subfamily Herodotiinae Simons et al. 1991 (elephant shrew)
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
Full reference: E. L. Simons, P. A. Holroyd, and T. M. Bown. 1991. Early Tertiary elephant-shrews from Egypt and the origin of the Macroscelidea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 88:9734-9737
Parent taxon: Macroscelididae according to R. Tabuce 2017
See also Simons et al. 1991
Sister taxa: Macroscelidinae, Mylomygalinae, Namasenginae
Subtaxa: Chambius Eotmantsoius Herodotius Nementchatherium
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution: