马岛猬亚目学名Tenrecomorpha)为非洲兽总目非洲猬目下的一个亚目,包含了獭鼩科马岛猬科,仅发现于非洲大陆赤道地区以及马达加斯加[2][3],两科于约5,300万~4,700万年前分家[3][4][5]。獭鼩科最初是作为亚科置于马岛猬科下[3],之后才提升为独立的科,与马岛猬科共同置于马岛猬亚目下,它们为半水生肉食性动物,能透过感觉毛于水中搜寻猎物。马岛猬亚目也包含了部分已灭绝属,例如近土豚属英语Plesiorycteropus,是外型近似现存土豚穴居英语Fossorial食虫动物[6]

马岛猬亚目
低地纹猬英语Lowland streaked tenrecHemicentetes semispinosus
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 哺乳纲 Mammalia
目: 非洲猬目 Afrosoricida
亚目: 马岛猬亚目 Tenrecomorpha
Butler, 1972[1]
总科与科

马岛猬总科的共同祖先被认为是于3,700万~2,900万年前[3][4][5]单次性的从非洲渡海传播至马达加斯加[7][8],并透过辐射适应占据了多样的生态位,展现了趋同演化,外型趋同的物种包括刺猬鼩鼱负鼠老鼠。所有马岛猬总科的物种均具有一定程度的杂食性,并主要以无脊椎动物为食。

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