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MeSH Heading: Afrotheria
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.250
Unique ID: D000091122
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000091122
Scope Note: 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).
Entry Term(s): Afrotheres; Afrotherian Mammals; Chrysochloridae; Elephant Shrews; Golden Moles; Macroscelidea
Related Numbers: txid28734; txid9389
Previous Indexing: Eutheria (1999-2021)
Public MeSH Note: 2022
History Note: 2022
Date Established: 2022/01/01
Date of Entry: 2021/07/09
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

psychology (PX)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M000747887
Related Numbers: txid28734; txid9389
Scope Note: 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).
Terms: Afrotheria Preferred Term
Term UI T001106094
Date05/10/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Afrotheres
Term UI T001106096
Date05/10/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Afrotherian Mammals
Term UI T001106095
Date05/10/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022)

Afrotheria MeSH Descriptor Data 2025