Order Afrosoricida Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 71 81 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 TENRECOMORPHA Butler 1972 Families: 1 family with 10 genera and 30 species: Family Tenrecidae Gray 1821 (10 genera with 30 species and 2 subspecies) Discussion: Included in suborder Soricomorpha of the Lipotyphla by Butler (1988) and by MacPhee and Novacek (1993) . McKenna and Bell (1997:293) use the name Tenrecoidea (attributing it incorrectly to Gray, 1821:301 ) as a superfamily with the note ‘Proposed as suborder of Lipotyphla, coordinate with Erinaceomorpha , Soricomorpha , and Chrysochlorida’; however, usage of this name is undesirable (see above).