Dusky elephant shrew
Species of mammal
| Dusky elephant shrew[1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Genus: | Elephantulus |
| Species: | E. fuscus |
| Binomial name | |
| Elephantulus fuscus (Peters, 1852) | |
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| Dusky elephant shrew range | |
The dusky elephant shrew or dusky sengi (Elephantulus fuscus) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.[2]
References
- ^ Schlitter, D.A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Rathbun, G.B. (2015). "Elephantulus fuscus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42660A21288491. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T42660A21288491.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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Extant Macroscelidea (elephant shrews) species
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Mammalia
- Infraclass Eutheria
- Superorder Afrotheria
- Short-snouted elephant shrew (E. brachyrhynchus)
- Cape elephant shrew (E. edwardii)
- Dusky-footed elephant shrew (E. fuscipes)
- Dusky elephant shrew (E. fuscus)
- Bushveld elephant shrew (E. intufi)
- Eastern rock elephant shrew (E. myurus)
- Karoo rock elephant shrew (Elephantulus pilicaudus)
- Rufous elephant shrew (E. rufescens)
- Western rock elephant shrew (E. rupestris)
- Somali elephant shrew (G. revoilii)
- Namib round-eared elephant shrew (M. flavicaudatus)
- Etendeka round-eared sengi (M. micus)
- Round-eared elephant shrew (M. proboscideus)
- Four-toed elephant shrew (P. tetradactylus)
- North African elephant shrew (P. rozeti)
- Golden-rumped sengi (R. chrysopygus)
- Chequered sengi (R. cirnei)
- Black and rufous sengi (R. petersi)
- Stuhlmann's sengi (R. stuhlmanni)
- Grey-faced sengi (R. udzungwensis)
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