afrothere

noun

Etymology: From Afrotheria, from Afro- + Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).

1. An afrotherian.

   “Golden moles and tenrecs seem to be related to each other, and most modern authorities place them within the afrotheres.”

   “In the absence of a comprehensive fossil record for stem members of crown Afrotheria, most high-level phylogenetic analyses have been based primarily on the morphology of extant afrotheres[…].”