Macroscelides
Macroscelides is a genus of small shrew-like animals, the round-eared sengis (also called elephant shrews), found in western Namibia and in South Africa; they are members of the clade Afrotheria.
| Macroscelides | |
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| Macroscelides proboscideus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Genus: | Macroscelides A. Smith, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Macroscelides proboscideus | |
| Species | |
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Macroscelides flavicaudatus | |
There are three known species:[1]
- Namib round-eared sengi, Macroscelides flavicaudatus
- Etendaka round-eared sengi, Macroscelides micus, which is only found in gravel plains in the Etendaka formation of north-west Namibia[2]
- Karoo round-eared sengi, or short-eared elephant shrew, Macroscelides proboscideus
References
- "Gallery of sengis". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
- Dumbacher, J. P.; Rathbun, G. B.; Osborne, T. O.; Griffin, M.; Eiseb, S. J. (June 2014). "A new species of round-eared sengi (genus Macroscelides) from Namibia". Journal of Mammalogy. 95 (3): 443–454. doi:10.1644/13-MAMM-A-159.
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