Widanelfarasia is an extinct genus of placental mammals known from the Late Eocene Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.
Two species are known: W. bowni and the smaller W. rasmusseni.
Described in 2000 by E. R. Seiffert and Elwyn L. Simons, Widanelfarasia was initially classified as uncertain position (incertae sedis) within placentals,[1] but was later placed within the afrosoricidan suborder Tenrecomorpha (tenrecs and otter shrews).
[2][3] The genus name derives from Widan el-Faras (Arabic for "Ears of the Mare"), two prominent hills in the area where the fossils were recovered.
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