Cape Elephant Shrew

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Cape Elephant Shrew[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: Macroscelididae
Genus: Elephantulus
Species: E. edwardii
Binomial name
Elephantulus edwardii
(A. Smith, 1839)

The Cape Elephant Shrew, Cape Rock Elephant Shrew, or Cape Sengi (Elephantulus edwardii) is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Schlitter, Duane A. (2005-11-16). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 82. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Stuart, C., Perrin, M., FitzGibbon, C., Griffin, M. & Smit, H. (2006). Elephantulus edwardii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
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