Dusky-footed Elephant Shrew

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Dusky-footed Elephant Shrew[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: Macroscelididae
Genus: Elephantulus
Species: E. fuscipes
Binomial name
Elephantulus fuscipes
(Thomas, 1894)

The Dusky-footed Elephant Shrew or Dusky-footed Sengi (Elephantulus fuscipes) is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.[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 FitzGibbon, C., Perrin, M. & Stuart, C. (2006). Elephantulus fuscipes. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
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