Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew

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Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: Macroscelididae
Genus: Elephantulus
Species: E. myurus
Binomial name
Elephantulus myurus
Thomas & Schwann, 1906

The Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew or Eastern Rock Sengi (Elephantulus myurus) is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is found in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and 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, 83. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Stuart, C., FitzGibbon, C., Perrin, M. & Smit, H. (2006). Elephantulus myurus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
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