Afrotheria (/æfroʊˈθɪəriə/ from Latin Afro- "of Africa" + theria "wild beast") is a superorder of mammals, the living members of which belong to groups...

languages of Africa, and in 1998, they were classified into the new clade Afrotheria. They are widely distributed across the southern part of Africa, and although...

subdivisions or lineages of placental mammals: Boreoeutheria, Xenarthra, and Afrotheria. All of these diverged from common ancestors. 2022 studies of Bertrand...

placental mammals containing the cohorts or superorders Xenarthra and Afrotheria. These groups originated and radiated in the South American and African...

ancestry of these animals, which are classified together in the clade Afrotheria, was not recognized until the late 1990s. Continuing work on the molecular...

that Paenungulata (or at least its extant members) is part of the cohort Afrotheria, an ancient assemblage of mainly African mammals of great diversity. The...

elsewhere within Laurasiatheria, within Afrotheria, and as stem-group atlantogenatans. A position within Afrotheria has been argued to be unlikely on biogeographic...

sirens of Greek mythology. Sirenians are classified within the cohort Afrotheria in the clade Paenungulata, alongside Proboscidea (elephants), Hyracoidea...

which were also traditionally regarded as ungulates. If the clade of Afrotheria is genuine, then the Afroinsectiphilia are the closest relatives of the...

Afroinsectiphilia, with them forming the clade Afrotheria. There has been also some morphological data to support Afrotheria, though the paleontological record to...