Concept information
Preferred term
Afrotheria
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- A placental mammal superorder that contains ELEPHANTS; MANATEES; DUGONGS; SIRENIANS; HYRAXES; AARDVARKS; elephant shrews (Macroscelidea); TENRECS; Golden moles (Chrysochloridae). Largely classified based on DNA sequence afrotherian mammals are diverse in morphology but share some common anatomical features (e.g., appearance of four‐lobed ALLANTOIS and long and mobile snout).
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Afrotheres
- Afrotherian Mammals
- txid28734
- txid311790
- txid9389
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- abnormalities (Qualifier)
- anatomy & histology (Qualifier)
- blood (Qualifier)
- cerebrospinal fluid (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- embryology (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- growth & development (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- injuries (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- psychology (Qualifier)
- surgery (Qualifier)
- urine (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Afrothériens
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Mammifères afrothériens
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txid28734
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txid311790
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txid9389
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BDHT5DD0-0
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