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Macroscelides (short-eared elephant-shrew)

Synonyms: Eumeres; Eumerus; Macroschelides; Rhinomys

Wikipedia Abstract

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. There are three known species: \n* Namib round-eared sengi, Macroscelides flavicaudatus \n* Etendaka round-eared sengi, Macroscelides micus, which is only found in gravel plains in the Etendaka formation of north-west Namibia \n* Karoo round-eared sengi, or short-eared elephant shrew, Macroscelides proboscideus
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Species

Macroscelides flavicaudatus (Namib round-eared sengi)
Macroscelides micus (Etendeka round-eared sengi)
Macroscelides proboscideus (Short-eared Elephant Shrew) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0