Macroscelididae Bonaparte 1838

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Macroscelidea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 82-85 : 82

Macroscelididae Bonaparte 1838

Macroscelididae Bonaparte 1838 , Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat., Vol. 2: 111.

Genera: 4 genera with 15 species:

Genus Elephantulus Thomas and Schwann 1906 (10 species with 8 subspecies)

Genus Macroscelides A. Smith 1829 (1 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Petrodromus Peters 1846 (1 species with 9 subspecies)

Genus Rhynchocyon Peters 1847 (3 species with 8 subspecies)

Discussion: Revised by Corbet and Hanks (1968).