馬島蝟亞目學名Tenrecomorpha)為非洲獸總目非洲蝟目下的一個亞目,包含了獺鼩科馬島蝟科,僅發現於非洲大陸赤道地區以及馬達加斯加[2][3],兩科於約5,300萬~4,700萬年前分家[3][4][5]。獺鼩科最初是作為亞科置於馬島蝟科下[3],之後才提升為獨立的科,與馬島蝟科共同置於馬島蝟亞目下,牠們為半水生肉食性動物,能透過感覺毛於水中搜尋獵物。馬島蝟亞目也包含了部分已滅絕屬,例如近土豚屬英语Plesiorycteropus,是外型近似現存土豚穴居英语Fossorial食蟲動物[6]

馬島蝟亞目
低地紋蝟英语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: 馬島蝟亞目 Tenrecomorpha
Butler, 1972[1]
總科與科

馬島蝟總科的共同祖先被認為是於3,700萬~2,900萬年前[3][4][5]單次性的從非洲渡海傳播至馬達加斯加[7][8],並透過輻射適應佔據了多樣的生態位,展現了趨同演化,外型趨同的物種包括刺蝟鼩鼱負鼠老鼠。所有馬島蝟總科的物種均具有一定程度的雜食性,並主要以無脊椎動物為食。

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