Afrosoricida

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Afrosoricida | image = | image_width = | image_caption = | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Mammalia | infraclassis = Eutheria | ordo = Afrosoricida | ordo_authority = Stanhope, 1998 | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision =  Chrysochloridae
 Tenrecidae }} The order Afrosoricida contains two families of small mammals that are traditionally considered to be a part of the order Insectivora.

Traditionally, the golden moles of southern Africa and the tenrecs of Madagascar and Africa were grouped with the hedgehogs, shrews and moles in the Lipotyphla. However, there have always been opinions suggesting that Tenrecomorpha, or at least the golden moles, are not true Lipotyphlans. These opinions are supported by many genetic studies suggesting an association between Tenrecomorpha and various other African mammals in a proposed superorder known as Afrotheria, however there is no strong morphological evidence to link the Afrosoricida together with other Afrotherians. Some biologists use Tenrecomorpha as the name for the tenrec-golden mole clade, but prevailing evidence suggests Afrosoricida is more appropriate and Tenrecomorpha is used here as the name of the tenrec suborder.Template:Ref

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Marsupialia: Didelphimorphia | Paucituberculata | Microbiotheria | Notoryctemorphia | Dasyuromorphia | Peramelemorphia | Diprotodontia

Placentalia: Afrosoricida | Macroscelidea | Tubulidentata | Hyracoidea | Proboscidea | Sirenia | Cingulata | Pilosa | Scandentia | Dermoptera | Primates | Rodentia | Lagomorpha | Insectivora | Chiroptera | Pholidota | Carnivora | Perissodactyla | Artiodactyla | Cetacea

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