Biology:Macroscelides
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Short description: Genus of mammals
| Macroscelides | |
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| Macroscelides proboscideus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Genus: | Macroscelides A. Smith, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Macroscelides typus [1] A. Smith, 1829
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Macroscelides flavicaudatus | |
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:[2]
- 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[3]
- Karoo round-eared sengi, or short-eared elephant shrew, Macroscelides proboscideus
References
- ↑ Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=11200022.
- ↑ "Gallery of sengis". http://www.sengis.org/photographic.php.
- ↑ 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. http://www.asmjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1644/13-MAMM-A-159. [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
Wikidata ☰ Q10789403 entry
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