Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Macroscelidea Butler, 1956 - elephant shrews Family Macroscelididae Bonaparte, 1838 - elephant-shrews Genus Macroscelides Smith, 1829 - short-eared elephant shrew 1 Macroscelides proboscideus (Shaw, 1800) - short-eared elephant-shrew