Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Afrotheria are a clade of mammals that has been proposed based on DNA analysis. Afrotheria are believed to have originated in Africa at a time when the continent was isolated from other continents. Their only externally visible common characteristic is the movable snout. The clades contained in Afrotheria are: Paenungulata: elephants, Sirenia and hyraxes Afrosoricida: tenrecs and golden moles aardvarks elephant shrews Some Afrotherian clades are analogous to clades of mammals outside of Afrotheria; for example, Sirenia to whales, tenrecs to Insectivora, Paenungulata to other ungulates, aardvarks to anteaters. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.