Accroding to...
<==o PLACENTARIA [Eutheria] (istukkanisäkkäät)
|?- †MERIDIUNGULATA
|--o AFROTHERIA
| |-- AFROSORICIDA
| `--+--+-- †Microhyus
| | `-- MACROSCELIDEA
| `--o PSEUDOUNGULATA
| |-- TUBULIDENTATA
| `--o PAENUNGULATA
| |-- HYRACOIDEA
| `--o TETHYTHERIA
| |-- SIRENIA
| `--o BEHEMOTA
| |-- †DESMOSTYLIA
| `-- PROBOSCIDEA
`--+-- XENARTHRA
`--+--+--o GLIRES [Anagalida]
| | |-- LAGOMORPHA
| | `-- RODENTIA
| `--o EUARCHONTA
| |-- SCANDENTIA
| `--o PRIMATOMORPHA
| |-- DERMOPTERA
| `-- PRIMATES
`--o LAURASIATHERIA [lauraasianistukkanisäkkäät]
|?- EULIPOTYPHLA
`--o SCROTIFERA
|-- CHIROPTERA
`--o FERUNGULATA
|-- ARTIODACTYLA [Cetartiodactyla]
`--o ZOOAMATA
|-- PERISSODACTYLA
`--o FERAE
|-- PHOLIDOTA
`-- CARNIVORA
Reference(s):
Madsen, O., Scally, M., Douady, C. J., Kao, D. J., DeBry, R. W., Adkins, R., Amrine, H. M.,
Stanhope, M. J., de Jong, W. W. & Springer, M. S., 2001:
Parallel adaptive radiations in two major clades of placental mammals.
–Nature: Vol. 409, 1 February, pp. 610-614
Murphy, W. J., Elzirik, E., Johnson, W. E., Zhang, Y. P., Ryder, O. A. & O'Brien, S. J., 2001:
Molecular phylogenetics and the origin of placental mammals.
–Nature: Vol. 409, 1 February, pp. 614-618
Waddell, P. J., Okada, N., & Hasegawa, M., 1999:
Towards resolving the interordinal relationships of placental mammals.
--Systematic Biology: Vol. 48, #1, pp. 1-5
Tabuce, R., Coiffait, B., Coiffait, P.-E., Mahboubi, M. & Jaeger, J.-J., 2001:
A new genus of Macroscelidea (Mammalia) from the Eocene of Algeria:
A possible origin for elephant-shrews.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 21, #3, pp. 535-546